Curricular Redesign and Equitable Mathematics Education: A Case Study of One Mathematics Department's Efforts

The department which could be characterized as an environment open to change with teachers who invested a great deal of time to execute the changes, implemented four major curricular redesign efforts. I identified impetuses, aids, and challenges to the department's curricular redesign efforts. The efforts were influenced by the teachers' static and sequential view of mathematics and the teachers' low and bounded expectations of the students in the targeted courses. Two of the efforts increased students' likelihood to take a geometry course. However, the policies related to the sequencing of courses restricted students' access to courses beyond geometry. Other policies that restricted students' access to advanced mathematics course were also identified.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Buckley, Lecretia Antoinette

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bridget Arvold

• Education, Secondary

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3086025

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79721