| Description |
viii, 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
Changing the faces of mathematics |
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Changing the faces of mathematics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part 1 Focus on Research Related to Teaching and Learning -- 1. Confronting Beliefs and Stereotypes That Impede the Mathematical Empowerment of African American Students / Marilyn E. Strutchens 7 -- 2. Teacher Expectations and Their Effects on African American Students' Success in Mathematics / Kathy M. Cousins-Cooper 15 -- 3. Reaching All Students Mathematically through Questioning / Dorothy Y. White 21 -- 4. A High Level of Challenge in a Collaborative Setting: Enhancing the Chance of Success for African American Students in Mathematics / Rosalie A. Dance, Karen H. Wingfield, Neil Davidson 33 -- 5. African American Students' Success with School Mathematics / Vivian R. Moody 51 -- 6. Race Consciousness, Identity, and Affect in Learning Mathematics: The Case of Four African American Prospective Teachers / Norma C. Presmeg 61 -- Part 2 Focus on Instructional and Curricular Modifications Aimed at African American Students -- 7. Use of "Call and Response" Pedagogy to Reinforce Mathematics Concepts and Skills Taught to African American Kindergartners / Maurice M. Martinez 73 -- 8. Lessons Learned from the "Five Men Crew": Teaching Culturally Relevant Mathematics / Lillie R. Albert 81 -- 9. Teaching Mathematics to the Least Academically Prepared African American Students / Laura Brooks Smith, Lee V. Stiff, Melinda R. Petree 89 -- 10. African American Students Conduct Mathematical Research / Miriam M. Stokes 97 -- 11. Culturally Relevant Mathematics Teaching at the Secondary School Level: Problematic Features and a Model for Implementation / Lesley Wagner, Francine Cabral Roy, Elena Ecatoiu, Celia Rousseau 107 -- 12. STEP: An Enrichment Model for African American High School Students / Elaine B. Hofstetter, Elaine Kolitch, Karen N. Bell 123 -- Part 3 Focus on Specific Methodologies -- 13. Fostering Multicultural Connections in Mathematics through Media / Michaele F. Chappell, Denisse R. Thompson 135 -- 14. Using Flags to Teach Mathematics Concepts and Skills / Joan Cohen Jones 151 -- 15. African Networks and African American Students / Claudia Zaslavsky 157 -- Part 4 Focus on Future Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators -- 16. Struggling toward Diversity in Graduate Education: A Reflective Exercise / Howard C. Johnson, Peter T. Englot 169 -- 17. Changing the Faces of Mathematics Ph.D.'s: What We Are Learning at the University of Maryland / Duane A. Cooper 179 -- 18. Developing Future Mathematicians / Janis M. Oldham 193. |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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African American students.
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| Added Author |
Strutchens, Marilyn E., 1962-
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Johnson, Martin L.
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Tate, William F., IV
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Perspectives on African Americans. Reston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2000 (OCoLC)696254933 |
| ISBN |
0873534611 |
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9780873534611 |
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