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Publication Date: 2021
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Explicit and Expansive: The Importance of (Re)Defining Student Success in Mathematics
Tremaine, Rachel
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (43rd, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 14-17, 2021)
The work of mathematics education often seeks to increase student success, but rarely explicitly defines this concept. When it is, it commonly corresponds with quantitative measures that enable the positioning of students as economic resources within a school or university's institutional structure, providing an incomplete portrait of student success and reinforcing deficit perspectives on student achievement. Fostering critical analysis of how we conceptualize student success within mathematics requires aligning how we define such success with the perspectives of mathematics students. I advocate for centering student voice in the (re)defining of student success, and issue a call to the mathematics education community to (1) make definitions of student success explicit in mathematics education research and policy, and (2) acknowledge and value the expansive nature of students' definitions of their own mathematical success. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630060.]
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Education, Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Barriers, Achievement Gap, Educational Policy
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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