Mathematics and Multi-Ethnic Students provides detailed profiles of teachers across the nation who have implemented effective mathematics instruction for diverse student populations. In this revised edition, Yvelyne Germain-McCarthy expands upon the popular case studies and adds two new chapters to highlight the latest educational research and practices that are reflected in the case studies. A third new chapter introduces the concept of the Life-Long Learning Laboratory where courageous questions on issues such as the impact of race on student learning are discussed.Featuring useful framing tools including the Discussion with Colleagues and Commentary sections, Mathematics and Multi-Ethnic Students translates concrete instances of access and equity into generalized problem-solving methods for promoting ethnic diversity across grade levels. An important resource for pre-service and in-service educators, researchers, administrators, and policy makers, this volume highlights the work of teachers who have gone beyond mere awareness of reform recommendations in mathematics instruction. By uniting the goals of multicultural education with those of the mathematics curriculum, educators will learn to conceptualize and implement best practices for effective, equitable teaching and learning of mathematics for their students.
Yvelyne Germain-McCarthy is Professor Emerita of mathematics education at the University of New Orleans, where she has directed and taught the elementary and secondary mathematics methods courses for graduate and undergraduate students. She currently serves as a consultant to universities and school districts on mathematics professional development.
ContentsForewordAcknowledgements IntroductionBackground Purpose of This Book The Sensitive Questions Chapter Overviews Trends and Issues Leading to Standards-Based ReformConstructivismNCTM Standards: Building the Foundations for Reform, 1989–2000 NCTM’s Quest for a Coherent CurriculumThe Third International Mathematics Study Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study Grit And Productive StruggleReform-Based State StandardsCommon Core State StandardsCommon Core State Standards for MathematicsCCSSM Content StandardsProcedural Skills and CCSSMStandards for Mathematical PracticesPrinciples to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for AllGuiding Principles for School MathematicsThe Mathematics Teaching PracticesSpecial Student PopulationsAssessing National State StandardsNCTM Position on High-Stakes AssessmentMath Wars IIStandards-Based Documents as Living DocumentsOnline Standards-Based Resources Exemplary Practice: What Does It Look Like? Envisioning a Standards-based Classroom EnvironmentExemplary PracticesResources Issues in Multicultural Mathematics EducationQuestions to Ponder Embracing Diversity CultureMulticultural Education Program Ethnomathematics Achievement of Traditionally Underserved StudentsThe Achievement Gap The Opportunity and Educational DebtMulticultural Education and Euro-Americans Further Reflections on the Questions Culturally Sustaining/Revitalizing Pedagogy Resources Lynne Godfrey: African Americans and the Algebra ProjectEngaging Students CommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: The Chinese Zodiac and the Division AlgorithmResources Georgine Roldan: Hispanics and Health Issues Engaging Students CommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: Favorite Menu Items and Health IssuesResources Tim Granger: Native Americans and Rocketry Engaging Students CommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: Aiming for the StarsResources Renote Jean-François: Haitians and Technology Engaging Students CommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: The Roamer and the Haitian RevolutionResources Samar Samini: Muslims and Inheritance PortionsEngaging Students CommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: Multiplication of Fractions Using Paper FoldingResources Diane Christopher: Euro-Americans and Quilts Engaging StudentsCommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: Many Cultures under One QuiltResource11. Charlene Beckmann, Kara Stahl, and Tara Maynard: The Tortoise and the HareEngaging Students CommentaryDiscussion between ColleaguesUnit Overview: The Tortoise and the HareResources 12. Life-Long Learning Laboratory: L4 Life-Long Learning Laboratory Issues/Questions; L4 : Chapter 1—Racism; L4 : Chapter 2—Equality and Quality of Curriculum: Math Wars II; L4 : Chapter 3—Brilliant Children in Mathematics; L4 : Chapter 4—Teacher Preparation; L4 : Chapter 4: The Achievement Gap/Education Debt/Opportunity to Learn; L4: Chapter 4—Katrina and Equitable Schools in New OrleansLesson Study Resources 13. SummaryBibliography