Latinos/as and mathematics education : research on learning and teaching in classrooms and communities

• Other Authors: Téllez, Kip (Editor), Moschkovich, Judit N. (Editor), Civil, Marta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
• Series: Research in educational diversity and excellence.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States.; Hispanic Americans > Education > United States.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Mathematics.; Relating to Latin, Hispanic American people.; Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy.; Educational: Mathematics and numeracy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806616381
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-422-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 348 pages) : illustrations

This book that explores the mathematics education of Latinos/as in 13 original research studies. Each chapter represents research that grounds mathematics instruction for Latinos/as in the resources to be found in culture and language. By inverting the deficit perspective, this volume redresses the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Latinos/as and mathematics education: Why this book now? / Kip Tellez, Judit Moschkovich, and Marta Civil
• Chapter 2. Latino/a students' understanding of equivalence: Use of two standards-based curricula in eighth-grade algebra / Nancy O'Rode
• Chapter 3. Bilingual students using two languages during peer mathematics discussions: Que significa? Estudiantes bilingues usando dos idiomas en sus discusiones matematicas: What does it mean? / William Zahner and Judit Moschkovich
• Chapter 4. Student resistance in a fifth-grade mathematics class / Heather Cavell
• Chapter 5. Situating Mexican mothers' dialogues in the proximities of contexts of mathematical practice / Higinio Dominguez
• Chapter 6. Conversations around mathematics education with latino parents in two borderland communities: The influence of two contrasting language policies / Jesus M. Acosta-Iriqui, Marta Civil, Javier Diez-Palomar, Mary E. Marshall, and Beatriz Quintos-Alonso
• Chapter 7. Latino/a bilingual elementary students pose and investigate problems grounded in community settings / Erin E. Turner, Maura Varley Gutierrez, and Javier Diez-Palomar
• Chapter 8. A case study of multigenerational mathematics participation in an after-school setting: Capitalizing on latinas/os funds of knowledge / Hector Morales, Jr., Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovi, and Lena Licon Khisty
• Chapter 9. Algebraic and geometric representations of perimeter with algebra blocks: Professional development for teachers of latino English language learners / Cynthia O. Anhalt and Matthew Ondrus
• Chapter 10. Situating mathematics professional development: A bilingual teacher and researchers' collaboration / Sandra I. Musanti, Mary E. Marshall, Karla Ceballos, and Sylvia Celedon-Pattichis
• Chapter 11. Mathematics learning with a vision of social justice: Using the lens of communities of practice / Beatriz Quintos, Marta Civil, and Olga Torres
• Chapter 12. English language learners' conceptual understanding of fractions: An interactive interview approach as a means to learn with understanding / Libni Berenice Castellon, Laura G. Burr, and Richard S. Kitchen
• Chapter 13. Language issues in mathematics and the assessment of English language learners / Guillermo Solano-Flores
• Chapter 14. Teacher quality, academic tracking and the mathematics performance of latino English learners / Eduardo Mosqueda
• About the contributors.