Challenges Associated with Developing Discursive Classrooms in High-Poverty, Rural Schools.

Kitchen, Richard S.

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Publication Date: 2004-Jan-1

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Challenges Associated with Developing Discursive Classrooms in High-Poverty, Rural Schools

Kitchen, Richard S.

Mathematics Teacher, v97 n1 p28 Jan 2004

The challenges in developing discursive classrooms in high-poverty, rural schools motivate less verbal students to communicate. Students tend to resist mathematics education reforms and classroom discourses.

Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Change, Rural Schools, Poverty, Student Motivation, Verbal Communication, Student Attitudes, Communication Skills

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Web site: http://www.nctm.org.

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