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Direct linkJane M. Watson; Zalman Usiskin – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2025
A newspaper article about the availability of guns in Chicago, presented at a mathematics education conference in that city in 1998, is linked to a tragic shooting near that city in 2022. The article was used in Australia for many years in research with teachers and students to assess statistical literacy in relation to sampling, until ethics…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Weapons, Mathematics Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
Zevenbergen, Robyn – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2003
Why are some students more likely to succeed in or fail mathematics than their peers, in spite of similar learning opportunities? Frequently such differences have been framed within liberal or even conservative discourses that identify purportedly innate dispositions, such as the ability or intelligence, as the root of differential success.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Ability Grouping, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Theories
