Examining Storylines of Emergent Bilinguals in Algebra Textbooks

Abstract

"The purpose of our study was to examine the resources and suggested pedagogical strategies provided in high school algebra teacher’s guides. In particular, we wanted to understand how the resources and pedagogy aligned, or not, with those provided in mathematics education research. We chose three high school algebra textbooks from major publication houses (Glencoe, Holt-McDougall, and Pearson, pictured respectively to the left). The decision to focus on algebra was due to its position as a “gatekeeper for [U.S.] citizenship” (Moses & Cobb, 2001, p. 14)."--Page 2.