I actually started to scream: Doing school mathematics homework

Troels Lange; Tamsin Meaney

I actually started to scream: Doing school mathematics homework

Troels Lange, Tamsin Meaney

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Homework is an activity done by large numbers of students all over the world. Many concerns have been raised including, especially in primary schools, whether any academic benefit is gained and whether parents have appropriate resources to actively support/teach their children. In this paper, we explore the stories that two ten year old girls tell about doing their mathematics homework with family help and the pressures that it puts on them to take control of their own learning. We discuss the opportunities and constraints to students doing homework as a consequence of the social and institutional relations that they operate within.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PME33
Subtitle of host publication	In search for theories in mathematics education
Place of Publication	Thessaloniki, Greece
Publisher	PME
Pages	489-496
Number of pages	8
Volume	3
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) - Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece Duration: 19 Jul 2009 → 24 Jul 2009

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Conference	Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Thessaloniki
Period	19/07/09 → 24/07/09

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