Trends in researching the socioeconomic influences on mathematical achievement.

Autor/inn/en	Valero, Paola; Meaney, Tamsin
Titel	Trends in researching the socioeconomic influences on mathematical achievement.
Quelle	In: ZDM : mathematics education, 46 (2014) 7, S. 977-986 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1863-9690; 1863-9704; 1863-9704/E
DOI	10.1007/s11858-014-0638-3
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Sozioökonomischer Status; Unterrichtspraxis; Geschichte (Histor); Mathematikunterricht; Statistik; Einflussfaktor; Leistung
Abstract	We introduce the topic of socioeconomic influences on mathematical achievement through an overview of existing research reports and articles. International trends in the way the topic has emerged and become increasingly important in the international field of mathematics education research are outlined. From this review, there is a discussion about what appears to be neglected in previous work in this area and how the papers in this issue of ZDM provide information about some of these neglected areas. The main argument in this article is that socioeconomic influences on mathematical achievement should not be considered as a taken-for-granted fact that is accepted uncritically. Instead, it is suggested that the relationship between multiple socioeconomic influences and various understandings of mathematical achievement are historically contingent ways of understanding exclusions and inclusions in mathematics education practices. Research is not simply "evidencing" the facts of these relationships; research is also implicated in constructing the ways in which we think about these. Thus, mathematics education researchers could devise more nuanced approaches for understanding the social, political and historical constitution of these relationships.
Erfasst von	FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur
Update	2015/3