Learners of Mathematics: High School Students’ Perspectives of Culturally Relevant Mathematics Pedagogy

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 324-336

  Hubert, Tarcia Lasha ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Culturally relevant pedagogy; High school; Interest; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957429917     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-013-9273-2     Document Type: Article

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