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Publication Date: 2016-Nov
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Questions of Truth: Ethical and Moral Wanderings in Middle Grades Mathematics Classrooms and Research
Cannon, Susan; Cross, Stephanie Behm
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (38th, Tucson, AZ, Nov 3-6, 2016)
This paper describes two researchers engagement with two teachers as they taught a middle grades mathematics course, Current Events Math, in a large urban school district. The researchers share bits of data and their ethical entanglements as they entered into the site to find the truth about what works in middle grades mathematics classrooms only to realize that truth cannot be found through research. They then grappled with the question of the purpose of research and their roles as researchers in the school and the academy. [For the complete proceedings, see ED583608.]
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Researchers, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Current Events, Urban Schools, Ethics, Research Needs, Experimenter Characteristics, Classroom Research, Research Problems, Observation, Interviews, Qualitative Research
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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