“We Do Better Math When We're Together”: Learning Mathematics From the Margins

Arundhati Velamur; Ali Blake; Nurdan Turan; Robin Glassberg; Teddy Vinicio Morales; Katie Pan; Shiyan Liang; Riley Searcey; Jasmine Ma; Wendy Barrales

“We Do Better Math When We're Together”: Learning Mathematics From the Margins

Arundhati Velamur, Ali Blake, Nurdan Turan, Robin Glassberg, Teddy Vinicio Morales, Katie Pan, Shiyan Liang, Riley Searcey, Jasmine Ma, Wendy Barrales

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Abstract

This paper uses an intersectional feminist lens to examine the discursive practices of a researcher and mathematician engaged in conversation about the practice of mathematics. The mathematician, a Mexican American woman of color, shared experiences of marginalization and belonging in mathematics, and how these were shaped by her racial, gendered, and cultural subjectivities. By focusing on how participants in the conversation co-constructed ideas around what it means to do mathematics from a location in the margins of mathematics, analysis reveals the social, collaborative, and cross-cultural dimensions of the practice. It shows how the learning of mathematics was facilitated by participation across different communities, settings, and contexts. Findings urge for a closer attention to mathematics as inherently social and political in order to counter processes of erasure in mathematics education.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publication	Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Paulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	353-360
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781737330677
State	Published - 2023
Event	17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 10 2023 → Jun 15 2023

Publication series

Name	Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
ISSN (Print)	1573-4552

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/10/23 → 6/15/23

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Education

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Velamur, A., Blake, A., Turan, N., Glassberg, R., Morales, T. V., Pan, K., Liang, S., Searcey, R., Ma, J., & Barrales, W. (2023). “We Do Better Math When We're Together”: Learning Mathematics From the Margins. In P. Blikstein, J. Van Aalst, R. Kizito, & K. Brennan (Eds.), ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings (pp. 353-360). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

“We Do Better Math When We're Together”: Learning Mathematics From the Margins. / Velamur, Arundhati; Blake, Ali; Turan, Nurdan et al.
ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Paulo Blikstein; Jan Van Aalst; Rita Kizito; Karen Brennan. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2023. p. 353-360 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Velamur, A, Blake, A, Turan, N, Glassberg, R, Morales, TV, Pan, K, Liang, S, Searcey, R, Ma, J & Barrales, W 2023, “We Do Better Math When We're Together”: Learning Mathematics From the Margins. in P Blikstein, J Van Aalst, R Kizito & K Brennan (eds), ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 353-360, 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Montreal, Canada, 6/10/23.

Velamur A, Blake A, Turan N, Glassberg R, Morales TV, Pan K et al. “We Do Better Math When We're Together”: Learning Mathematics From the Margins. In Blikstein P, Van Aalst J, Kizito R, Brennan K, editors, ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 2023. p. 353-360. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

Velamur, Arundhati ; Blake, Ali ; Turan, Nurdan et al. / “We Do Better Math When We're Together” : Learning Mathematics From the Margins. ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. editor / Paulo Blikstein ; Jan Van Aalst ; Rita Kizito ; Karen Brennan. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2023. pp. 353-360 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

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