Browsing by Author "Yow, Jan A."

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    Challenging minds: Enhancing the mathematical learning of African American students through games
    (Information Age Publishing, 2012) Morton, Crystal; Yow, Jan A.; Cook, Daniela Ann
    Minority Access to Revolutionary Instructional Extensions (MATRIX) is a two-part pilot project that couples parent engagement and supplemental mathematics instruction. The MATRIX supplemental mathematics curriculum is built around six games designed to foster the mathematical development of elementary students. This article describes the MATRIX mathematics curriculum and provides findings related to the project’s impact on African American students’ number sense and attitudes towards mathematics.
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    "I am a teacher. That's what I've done almost all my life. I teach."
    (Texas Digital Library, 2015-07-30) Berry, Robert Q., III; Ellis, Mark W.; Morton, Crystal H.; Yow, Jan A.
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    Lessons learned from a community math project: Ethnomathematical games & opportunities for teacher leadership
    (North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics, 2013) Yow, Jan A.; Morton, Crystal Hill; Cook, Daniella
    Minority Access to Revolutionary Instructional Extensions (MATRIX) is a two-part supplemental elementary mathematics curriculum based on six games coupled with a focus on parental involvement and advocacy. One curricular goal incorporates student’s culture into its design to show mathematics comes from many cultures and is an evolving discipline in which students can be active participants. The article data comes from a larger pilot study conducted in a rural African American community. This article speaks specifically about the ethnomathematical games in the curriculum in addition to discussing the “lessons learned” by the researchers for the opportunity for teachers to be leaders in incorporating community cultures into classroom practice