The road not taken: Two African-American girls' experiences with school mathematics

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-317

  Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American students; Cultural and social capital; Mathematics education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASS; CULTURAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51849100299     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320802291181     Document Type: Article

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