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ERIC Number: EJ1259005
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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ISSN: EISSN-1306-3030
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Intervening in Student Identity in Mathematics Education: An Attempt to Increase Motivation to Learn Mathematics
Heffernan, Kayla; Peterson, Steven; Kaplan, Avi; Newton, Kristie J.
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, v15 n3 Article em0597 2020
Students' relationships with mathematics continuously remain problematic, and researchers have begun to look at this issue through the lens of identity. In this article, the researchers discuss identity in education research, specifically in mathematics classrooms, and break down the various perspective on identity. A review of recent literature that explicitly invokes identity as a construct in intervention studies is presented, with a devoted attention to research on identity interventions in mathematics classrooms categorized based on the various perspectives of identity. Across perspectives, the review demonstrates that mathematics identities motivate action and that mathematics educators can influence students' mathematical identities. The purpose of this paper is to help readers, researchers, and educators understand the various perspectives on identity, understand that identity can be influenced, and learn how researchers and educators have thus far, and continue to study identity interventions in mathematics classrooms.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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