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Lim, Vivian; Rubel, Laurie; Shookhoff, Lauren; Sullivan, Mathew; Williams, Sarah – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2016
The lottery has rich potential for mathematical explorations. It serves as a real-world context to explore concepts of permutations, combinations, sample space, and probability in terms of making sense of the lottery games. The lottery offers additional possibilities in terms of scaling, data analysis, and spatial analysis. Finally, by readily…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Games, Probability
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Lim, Vivian; Hall-Wieckert, Maren; Rubel, Laurie – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
This paper describes the role of sense of place in students' analysis of spatial data toward understanding the distribution of financial services in their city. High school students participated in a 10-session module about their city's two-tiered financial system of banks and alternative financial institutions. The paper analyzes two class…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, High School Students, Maps, Social Justice
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Milne, Catherine; Rubel, Laurie; Rodriguez, Alberto J.; Emdin, Christopher; Maulucci, Maria Rivera; Locke, Donyagay; Tan, Edna; Clairmont, Neil; Upadhyay, Bhaskar – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
This metalogue addresses the ways Sreyashi Jhumki Basu mediated our practices in science education and life. We focus on Basu's uses of critical science agency, democratic science classrooms, and critical feminist ethnography to transform the possibilities for all participants in her research and educational practices. We also examine her use of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Educational Practices, Science Education, Feminism