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Rubel, Laurie H.; Lim, Vivian Y.; Hall-Wieckert, Maren; Sullivan, Mathew – Cognition and Instruction, 2016
This article explores integrating place-based education with critical mathematics toward teaching mathematics for spatial justice. "Local Lotto," a curricular module with associated digital tools, was designed to investigate the lottery as a critical spatial phenomenon and piloted in urban high schools. This article describes findings…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Social Justice, Geographic Information Systems, Mathematics Instruction
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Ares, Nancy; Stroup, Walter M.; Schademan, Alfred R. – Cognition and Instruction, 2009
A new generation of networked classroom technology immerses students and teachers in the group-level construction of powerful mathematical and scientific concepts. We examine these networks from a sociocultural point of view as a new form of mediating artifact. We present a mixed-method, microgenetic analysis to characterize students'…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Context Effect, Information Networks, Classroom Environment
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Liu, Yan; Thompson, Patrick – Cognition and Instruction, 2007
Probability is an important idea with a remarkably wide range of applications. However, psychological and instructional studies conducted in the last two decades have consistently documented poor understanding of probability among different populations across different settings. The purpose of this study is to develop a theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Comprehension, Secondary School Teachers