English language learners and math : discourse, participation, and community in reform-oriented, middle school mathematics classes

Taking a community of practice perspective that highlights the learner as part of a community, rather than a lone individual responsible for her/his learning, this ethnographically-influenced study investigates how Latina/o English Language Learners (ELLs) in middle school mathematics classes negoti...

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Main Author Hansen-Thomas, Holly (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2009.
Subjects
Mathematics > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States > Case studies.
English language > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States > Spanish speakers > Case studies.
Hispanic American children > Education (Middle school) > Case studies.
elektronické knihy
Case studies.
Study Aids > Study & Test-Taking Skills.
Study and learning skills: general.
Educational: Study skills.
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806618316
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-255-3
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 143 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Guide to transcription conventions
  • Chapter 2. Background
  • Chapter 3. Introducing the three communities
  • Chapter 4. Communities of practice in three sixth-grade math classes
  • Chapter 5. Frames as play and participation frameworks in reform math
  • Chapter 6. What is mathematical discourse, how is it used, and who is successful at it?
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions and implications
  • References
  • About the author.

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