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Multicultural Perspectives
in Mathematics Education

Purpose

University of Georgia Undergraduate Cultural Diversity Requirement

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Resources

• Annotated Bibliography of Multicultural Issues in Mathematics Education
  
  
• College of Education Multicultural Mission Statement
  
  
• The EDUCATIONAL MULTICULTURAL COLLECTION is maintained by the College of Education in Room G-10 for use by faculty and staff. It is a general resource, not specific to mathematics perspectives.
  
  
• College of Education's Multicultural Education Database. A collection of bibliographic resources related to multicultural education.

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Dissertation Research

King, John. (1995). Investigating the general and mathematics efficacy and attributions of African American students, as predictors of pursuit of mathematics-related careers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia.

Strutchens, Marilyn (1993). An exploratory study of the societal and ethnic factors affecting sixth grade African American students' performance in mathematics class. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia.

Moody, Vivian (1997). An investigation of voice for African American students in mathematics study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia. Abstract.

Whang, Woo-Hyung (1993) The impact on mathematics word problem solving by language facility. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia.

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Links

• Mathematics Equals Opportunity
  This is a White Paper prepared for U. S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, dated October 20, 1997.
  
  
• International Study Group on Ethnomathematics
  
  
• Integrating Gender Equity and Reform (InGEAR)
  
  
• Math Forum -- Equity and Access in Mathematics
  
  
• Math Forum -- Minorities and Mathematics
  
  
• Math Forum -- Women and Mathematics
  
  
• MacTutor History of Mathematics Site -- St. Andrew's University
  
  
• Multicultural Mathematics and Science: Effective K-12 practices for Equity. This is an Eric Digest of a report by Nancy Murphy, lead author.
  
  
• Resources for Teaching Mathematics for an Education that is Multicultural. A list of sample resources from the Andersen Schools of Many Voices Multicultural Laboratory Demonstration Site.
  
  
• MULTICULTURAL MATHEMATICS. Interdisciplinary Cooperative-Learning Activities. This is an advertisement for a book with 58 multicultural mathematics learning activities.
  
  
• Celebrating Our Nation's Diversity. Teaching supplement from the U.S. Census Bureau. Separate editions for elementary and junior/senior high school levels.
  
  
• NCTM San Diego Sessions on Multicultural Issues. This is a selection of presentations from the 74th Annual NCTM Meeting, 25-28 April 1996, San Diego, CA.
  
  
• Paulus Gerdes Award for Research on Women and Geometry in Southern Africa. Professor Gerdes is a Visiting Faculty member in the Department of Mathematics Education.

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Contacts

• Professor Patricia Wilson, Department of Mathematics Education
• Professor James W. Wilson, Department of Mathematics Education

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The development of this page for the Department of Mathematics Education is supported by a grant from the Task Force for Multicultural Education of the College of Education.

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