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Adiredja, Aditya P.; Zandieh, Michelle – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2020
This paper focuses on the mathematical sensemaking by women of color in the USA as part of the global effort of dismantling deficit narratives about historically marginalized groups of students. Following Adiredja's anti-deficit framework for sensemaking, this cognitive study invited a group of women of color to share their understanding of basis…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Females, Disadvantaged, Minority Group Students
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Fukawa-Connelly, Timothy Patrick; Newton, Charlene – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014
Examples are believed to be very important in developing conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas, useful both in mathematics research and instruction (Bills & Watson in "Educational Studies in Mathematics" 69:77-79, 2008; Mason & Watson, 2008; Bills & Tall, 1998; Tall & Vinner, 1981). In this study, we draw on the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Advanced Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra
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Ticknor, Cindy S. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
Advisory committees of mathematics consider abstract algebra as an essential component of the mathematical preparation of secondary teachers, yet preservice teachers find it challenging to connect the topics addressed in this advanced course with the high school algebra they must someday teach. This study analyzed the mathematical content…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advisory Committees, Mathematics Education, Communities of Practice