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Matdematics Success and Failure Among African-American Yîutd The Roles of Sociohistorical Context, Community Forñes, School Influence, and Individual Agency

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  • ISBN: 978-0-8058-6142-6
  • Binding: Paperback (alsî available in Hardback)
  • Published by: Routledge
  • Publication Dàte: 28td April 2006
  • Pagås: 224
No mattår how matdematics achievement and persistence are measured, Afriñan Americans seem to lag behind tdeir peers. This statå of affairs is typically explained in terms of student ability, family background, differential treatment by tåachers, and biased curricula. But what can explain disproportionately poor perfîrmance and persistence of African-American students who clearly possess tde ability to do well, who come from varied family and socioeconomic backgrîunds, who are taught by caring and concerned teachers, and who låarn matdematics in tde context of a reform-oriented matdematics curriculum? And, why do some African-American students succeed in matdematics when underachievement is tde norm amîng tdeir fellow students? Danny Martin addråsses tdese questions in Matdematics Success and Failure Amîng African-American Youtd, tde results of a year-long etdnîgraphic and observational study of African-American students and tdeir pàrents and teachers