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How Brianna Became Bossy and Kofi Came Out Smart: Understanding the Trajectories of Identity and Engagement for Two Group Leaders in a Project-Based Mathematics Classroom

Pages 207-225 | Received 15 May 2010, Accepted 22 Nov 2010, Published online: 02 Sep 2011
 

Abstract

This article addresses equity in mathematics classrooms through a focus on students’ co-constructed trajectories of identity and engagement in cooperative learning groups. I examine how two students who served as group leaders in a projects-based algebra classroom constructed markedly different trajectories of identity and engagement across the academic year. Results showed that group members differentially interpreted their respective project-related directives in gendered ways such that the female group leaders’ displays of authority were positioned as inappropriate, while the male group leaders’ displays were positioned as desirable.

Résumé

Cet article se penche sur la question de l’équité dans les cours de mathématiques par le biais d'une analyse des parcours d’identité et d’engagement construits en collaboration par les étudiants, dans des groupes d'apprentissage coopératifs. J’analyse comment deux élèves, qui étaient les leaders de leur groupe dans un cours d’algèbre à projets, ont construit des parcours d’identité et d’engagement très différents tout au long de l’année scolaire. Les résultats montrent que les membres du groupe ont interprété les directives reçues dans le cadre du projet de façon différenciée en fonction de leur sexe: l’autorité du chef de groupe féminin a été jugée comme inappropriée, tandis que celle du chef de groupe de sexe masculin a été jugée comme positive.

Notes

1. The names of the school and all study participants are pseudonyms.

2. Group member responses that rejected or ignored leader-related utterances were collapsed into one category because both indicated that the group members did not comply with the group leader's request, as well as because the frequencies in each category were relatively low.

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