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Esmonde, Indigo – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
This article investigates how affluent students made sense of social justice issues that were embedded in mathematics learning activities. I present 2 case studies of such activities at the intermediate and secondary levels in 2 different schools. The analysis draws on video records and classroom artifacts and applies the theoretical framework of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Mathematics Education, Advantaged, Learning Activities
Senesh, Lawrence; And Others – 1976
This document presents a social profile of Rocky Ford, a rural town in southern Colorado with population of approximately 5,000. The report can be used as a decision-making tool by local citizen educational-accountability committees who are examining forces inside and outside the community. The profile was prepared as an outgrowth of the studies…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Study, Economic Factors, Environmental Influences
Smith, Charles A. – 1979
Sixth grade students' attitudes toward school were studied to determine if outdoor education investigations conducted on the school site and in the community would effect a positive change, similar to the change noted with students involved in residential outdoor programs. An experimental group of 28 students participated in outdoor activities…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Change, Community Study, Comparative Analysis