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Mathematics, Meaning, And Identity : A Study Of The Practice Of Mathematics Education In A Rural High School, Rick Anderson
Mathematics, Meaning, And Identity : A Study Of The Practice Of Mathematics Education In A Rural High School, Rick Anderson
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The purposes of this study were (1) to explore the relationship between mathematics education and the rural context and (2) to determine the usefulness of a social theory of learning (Wenger, 1998) to account for students' participation in advanced high school mathematics courses. Qualitative methods were used to gather data in a small, rural high school in the Pacific Northwest. Data gathered included a student survey, interviews with students and mathematics teachers, observations in mathematics classes, and documents related to the curriculum, the school, and the community.
The findings suggest that high school mathematics education is related to the rural …