Stinson, D. W. (2006). African American Male Adolescents, Schooling (and Mathematics): Deficiency, Rejection, And Achievement. Review of Educational Research, 76(4), 477-506. The academic achievement gap, particularly the mathematics achievement gap, between Black students and their White counterparts has been well documented with numerical facts. As mathematics education researchers attempt to develop theories… Continue Reading African American Male Adolescents, Schooling (and Mathematics): Deficiency, Rejection, And Achievement
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Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics
Stinson, D. W. (2013). Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 44(1), 69-99. This article shows how equity research in mathematics education can be decentered by reporting the “voices” of mathematically successful African American male students as they… Continue Reading Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics
Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students
Stinson, D. W. (2008). Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students. American Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 975-1010. This study documents the counterstories of four academically (and mathematically) successful African American male students. Using participative inquiry, the participants were asked to read, reflect on, and respond… Continue Reading Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students