Obstacles to addressing race and ethnicity in the mathematics education literature

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-252

  Parks, Amy Noelle ^a   Schmeichel, Mardi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity diversity; Race ethnicity SES; Research issues; Review of research; Social and cultural issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861522804     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5951/jresematheduc.43.3.0238     Document Type: Review

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