ERIC Number: EJ953583
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 15
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Reference Count: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-1386-4416
Incorporating Out-of-School Mathematics: From Cultural Context to Embedded Practice
Wager, Anita A.
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, v15 n1 p9-23 Feb 2012
Connecting students' cultural and community mathematical practices to school mathematics is a critical issue in mathematics education. The goal of the study was to identify how teachers incorporate children's cultural and out-of-school mathematics in instruction. Four related practices were identified, and three drew on children's cultural or out-of-school experiences: (a) using these experiences as contexts for problems, (b) linking these experiences to school mathematics, and (c) identifying embedded mathematical practices prominent in these experiences. A fourth category, teacher initiated situated settings, focused on shared experiences using the classroom as a site of culture. Findings suggest that these practices represent varying levels of complexity and that use of this framework might support teachers in better relating students' cultural and out-of-school experiences to mathematics.
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Cultural Context, Mathematics Instruction, Identification, Teaching Methods, Models, Teacher Education
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