Content learning and identity construction: A framework to strengthen African American Students' mathematics and science learning in Urban Elementary Schools

Human Development

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 319-339

  Varelas, Maria ^a   Martin, Danny B ^a   Kane, Justine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American mathematics and science learning; Content learning and identity construction; Racial identity construction

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT LEARNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; COORDINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCIENCE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STUDENT; THINKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872289784     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345324     Document Type: Article

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