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Boaler, Jo; Wiliam, Dylan; Zevenbergen, Robyn – 2000
Drawing on data from 120 interviews with secondary schools students of mathematics aged from 14 to 18 in England and the United States, this paper argues that young people's developing identities are an important and neglected factor in success at secondary school mathematics. Students in both countries believe mathematics to be rigid and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education