“...Because I’m Not Good at It": Narratives to (Re)Humanize Mathematics for Historically Minoritized Learners

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Abstract

Supporting mathematics teachers to engage with issues of social and racial justice requires an understanding of the lived experiences of their students, particularly as these experiences relate to mathematics learning and doing. One key aspect we can turn to as a first step to developing these understandings are the storied and lived experiences of historically minoritized learners. This study explores one mathematics narrative taken from an intimate group of diverse community college students who have taken non-credit bearing remedial mathematics coursework, as they describe their experiences learning mathematics, their ideas about what mathematics is, and their self perceptions as influenced by these experiences and ideas.

Author

• Ranza Veltri Torres, University of Minnesota