Teaching Mathematics for Spatial Justice: An Investigation of the Lottery

Autor/inn/en	Rubel, Laurie H.; Lim, Vivian Y.; Hall-Wieckert, Maren; Sullivan, Mathew
Titel	Teaching Mathematics for Spatial Justice: An Investigation of the Lottery
Quelle	In: Cognition and Instruction, 34 (2016) 1, S.1-26 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-0008
DOI	10.1080/07370008.2015.1118691
Schlagwörter	Mathematics; Social Justice; Geographic Information Systems; Mathematics Instruction; Place Based Education; Maps; Numeracy; Mathematical Models; Problem Solving; Secondary School Mathematics; Mathematical Concepts; Comparative Analysis; High School Students; Low Income Students; Probability; Neighborhoods; Grounded Theory; Pretests Posttests; Focus Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematik; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Map; Karte; Rechenkompetenz; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Problemlösen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft
Abstract	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 from the second iteration in a remedial class in a low-income neighborhood. The research questions consider how the spatial focus supported the learning of mathematics and provided opportunities for students to think critically about the lottery using that mathematics. Findings include student interest in and engagement with the theme of the lottery familiar from outside of school with associated social justice implications. Students used mathematics and spatial evidence, at various levels of spatial scale, to support arguments about the lottery with greater success at narrower levels of scale. Suggestions about further innovations to scaffold place in a "critical pedagogy of place" in mathematics are provided. (As Provided).
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