"She's always been the smart one. I've always been the dumb one": Identities in the mathematics classroom

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-74

  Bishop, Jessica Pierson ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Classroom interaction; Discourse analysis; Social factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856078777     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5951/jresematheduc.43.1.0034     Document Type: Article

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