This paper seeks to explore at least one aspect of interactional practices in two different multilingual mathematics classroom contexts with learners drawn from different socio-cultural backgrounds. The data collection strategies for this ethnographic study of multi-age primary multilingual mathematics classrooms (with learners aged 12-14) in the…

This qualitative case study considers factors such as difficulty of understanding mathematics and poor mathematics practicing strategy under academic factors and lack of family support under social factors as those that contribute to the failure. Many students entering community college have deficiencies in mathematics background and are required…