Honors Theses
Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Mathematics
First Advisor
Angela Barlow
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Culture plays an important role in influencing the ways in which students engage '^ith mathematics. This study sought to examine the ways in which the culture of the home influences the mathematics identities that students bring to the classroom. The researcher recruited participants from a college algebra class taught at a public university. The researcher interviewed four participants from the sample to collect their narratives for analysis. The results of this study indicate that parents and peers influence students’ mathematics identities in powerful and unexpected ways, especially when there is disagreement between the explicit and implicit messages that they communicate about the importance of mathematics.
Recommended Citation
Grey, Samantha Jean, "I'm Not a Math Person: An Examination of How Parents and Peers Affect the Ways in which Students Engage with Mathematics" (2010). Honors Theses. 2017.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2017
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