Culturally Specific Pedagogy in the Mathematics Classroom

Advocating the use of culturally specific pedagogy to enhance the mathematics instruction of diverse students, this revised second edition links research with practice, offering lesson templates that teachers can use with ethnically and culturally diverse students and with females.

Jacqueline Leonard is a professor of mathematics education and former director of the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center (2012-2016) at the University of Wyoming, USA.

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Bibliographical Note 1. Culture, Identity, and Mathematics Achievement 2. Cognition and Cultural Pedagogy 3. Cultural Pedagogy 4. Computational Thinking, Computer Scaffolding, and Game Design 5. Robotics, Spatial Ability, and Computational Thinking 6. Women in Aviation and Space: The Importance of Gender Role Models 7. Learning Mathematics for Empowerment in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms 8. Black Lives Matter: A Context for Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice 9. Race and Achievement In Mathematics: A Historical Prespective Appendix A: Computational Thinking Rubric Appendix B: Scratch Dance Party Tutorial Appendix C: Knex Data Collection Sheet Appendix D: Sculptris Bison Tutorial References