Identity at the crossroads: Understanding the practices and forces that shape African American success and struggle in mathematics

Mathematics Teaching Learning and Liberation in the Lives of Black Children

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 200-230

  Spencer, Joi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 79961110837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203877708     Document Type: Chapter

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