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ERIC Number: EJ631863
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Understanding What Counts: Issues of Language, Culture, and Power in Mathematics Instruction and Assessment.
Cahnmann, Melisa S.; Hornberger, Nancy H.
Educators for Urban Minorities, v1 n2 p39-52 Spr 2000
Examines mathematics instruction and its relationship to issues of language, culture, and power in a low-income urban elementary school with large numbers of bilingual students. Results of discussions of student work during a summer training institute for university researchers, teachers, and administrators provide suggestions for approaching issues of language and equity in teaching mathematics to bilingual students. (SM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Equal Education, Low Income Groups, Mathematics Instruction, Minority Groups, Student Evaluation, Urban Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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