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Publication Date: 2013-Nov
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Constructing Identifications with Mathematics Pedagogies, Dis/Abilities and "Our Dominican Selves"
Lambert, Rachel
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (35th, Chicago, IL, Nov 14-17, 2013)
How do children develop identifications with mathematics over time, seeing themselves as agents in their math classrooms (or not)? This ethnographic and interview study followed nine Latino/a children with and without learning dis/abilities through two years of mathematics in a high-poverty urban school. The children participated in two distinct mathematical pedagogies (discussion-based and procedural-based) that differently constructed ability and dis/ability in mathematics. Individual children constructed unique and dynamic self-understandings as math learners over time, using the cultural resources of the multiple contexts in which they participated, including positioning through language use, ethnicity, gender, and dis/ability. Children made connections between equity and discussion-based mathematics, and between procedural mathematics and fixed conceptions of mathematical ability. [For the complete proceedings, see ED584443.]
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Hispanic American Students, Grade 7, Secondary School Mathematics, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Individualized Education Programs, Self Concept, Academic Ability, Ethnography, Interviews, Poverty, Low Income Students, Urban Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Ethnicity, Sex, Equal Education
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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