Improving access to mathematics
Subtitle: diversity and equity in the classroom
By: edited by Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Paul Cobb.
Contributors: Nasir, Na'ilah Suad.; Cobb, Paul.
Series: Multicultural education series; Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780807747292; 9780807747285
Subjects: Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States; Multicultural education -- United States; Educational equalization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Research, reform, and equity in U.S. mathematics education / Sarah Theule Lubienski; title: Paying the price for "sugar and spice" : shifting the analytical lens in equity research / Jo Boaler; title: (Re)defining equity : the importance of a critical perspective / Rochelle Gutiérrez; title: "So one question leads to another" : using mathematics to develop a pedagogy of questioning / Eric Gutstein; title: Transactions of mathematical knowledge in the algebra project / Frank E. Davis ... [et al.]; title: Bilingual mathematics learners : how views of language, bilingual learners, and mathematical communication affect instruction / Judit Moschkovich; title: Building on community knowledge : an avenue to equity in mathematics education / Marta Civil; title: Social valorization of mathematical practices : the implications for learners in multicultural schools / Guida de Abreu & Tony Cline; title: Identity, goals, and learning : the case of basketball mathematics / Na'ilah Suad Nasir; title: Mathematics learning and participation in the African American context : the co-construction of identity in two intersecting realms of experience / Danny Bernard Martin; title: Culture, identity, and equity in the mathematics classroom / Paul Cobb & Lynn Liao Hodge.