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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 7
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J.U.M.P. Jail Understanding Mathematics Project
Finston, David R.; Ruiz, Julia
COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, v8 n1 p47-53 Spr 2019
In 2017, a mathematics education intervention in the Doña Ana County Detention Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, was begun by two retired professors of mathematics as a volunteer project. The program now provides internship and master's thesis opportunities for students in the Department of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University. The challenges of teaching mathematics in a county jail are discussed, along with the evolution of the program to meet those challenges.
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Adult Students, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Adult Basic Education, Program Development, Correctional Institutions
Coalition on Adult Basic Education. PO Box 1820 Cicero, NY 13039. Tel: 888-442-6223; e-mail: journal@coabe.org; Web site: https://coabe.org/coabe-journal/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education; Adult Basic Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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