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ERIC Number: EJ1234329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
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Hidden Competence: Women's Mathematical Participation in Public and Private Classroom Spaces
Ernest, Jessica Brooke; Reinholz, Daniel L.; Shah, Niral
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v102 n2 p153-172 Oct 2019
This paper reports on gender and participation in one inquiry-oriented undergraduate mathematics course. While there is evidence that inquiry can better support all learners, especially women, less is known about the distribution of participation in inquiry classrooms. Here, we focus on how men and women participated in both public spaces (in plenary with the whole class) and private spaces (with their group members). We found that while many women provided a large number of high-level "why" contributions in their groups, this did not necessary translate to participation in plenary discussions. We thus argue that women's competence was hidden to the whole class, which contributes to the systematic marginalization of women in mathematics.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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