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Zevenbergen-Jorgensen, Robyn; Grootenboer, Peter; Niesche, Richard; Lerman, Stephen – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
The poor performance of Australian Indigenous students in mathematics is a complex and enduring issue that needs a range of strategies to enable success in schooling for these students. Importantly, large numbers of teachers in remote Indigenous contexts are new graduates who, although full of enthusiasm, lack experience. Similarly, many of them…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Performance Factors
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Jorgensen, Robyn Zevenbergen; Niesche, Richard – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2008
For many students, the experience of school mathematics is not a positive one. Processes of exclusion operate to disadvantage students along social class, race and gender lines. For students from backgrounds that are not part of the success regime, significant scaffolding by teachers is needed if they are to be successful. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Education, Equal Education