Making Mathematics Meaningful: How Learning about Local Social Injustices Develops Undergraduate Students' Identity, Intellect, Skill, and Criticality

January 1, 2023·
Boutros, E.
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Wu, Q.
Hanyi Xu
Hanyi Xu
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Fonger, N. L.
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Abstract
This paper examines how learning about local social injustices in a college mathematics course develops undergraduate students’ mathematical identity, intellect, skill, and criticality. Drawing on data from a precalculus classroom at a predominantly white institution, we analyze how place-based social justice contexts shape students’ engagement with and sense of belonging in mathematics.
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The Crown: Syracuse Undergraduate Research Journal, 1, Article 16.
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Social Justice Mathematics Mathematics Education Identity
Hanyi Xu
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Hanyi Xu (he/him)
PhD Student in Communication
My research examines how interactive media shape users’ stress, motivation, and well-being. I study when enjoyable experiences become demanding and how design can support both engagement and restoration.