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Mathematics Teachers' Enactment of Cognitively Demanding Tasks and Students' Perception of Racial Differences in Opportunity
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Munter, Charles; Haines, Cara – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2019
This study examined whether secondary students in an urban school district perceived racial differences in opportunity to be successful in mathematics, whether those perceptions differed between students of color and white students, and the relation of those perceptions to teachers' choice and implementation of mathematical tasks. The results of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes, Racial Differences
Language and Mathematics - Key Factors Influencing the Comprehension Process in Reality-Based Tasks
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Leiss, Dominik; Plath, Jennifer; Schwippert, Knut – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2019
Solving reality-based tasks is an important goal in mathematics instruction and is anchored in education standards determined by mathematical modeling skills. These tasks demand a serious examination of the real-world as well as text comprehension to successfully solve them. Therefore, this study empirically reconstructed the comprehension process…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Reading Ability, Mathematical Models, Grade 7