Stinson, D. W. (2006). African American Male Adolescents, Schooling (and Mathematics): Deficiency, Rejection, And Achievement. Review of Educational Research, 76(4), 477-506. The academic achievement gap, particularly the mathematics achievement gap, between Black students and their White counterparts has been well documented with numerical facts. As mathematics education researchers attempt to develop theories… read more
Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics
Stinson, D. W. (2013). Negotiating the “White Male Math Myth”: African American Male Students and Success in School Mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 44(1), 69-99. This article shows how equity research in mathematics education can be decentered by reporting the “voices” of mathematically successful African American male students as they… read more
Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students
Stinson, D. W. (2008). Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students. American Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 975-1010. This study documents the counterstories of four academically (and mathematically) successful African American male students. Using participative inquiry, the participants were asked to read, reflect on, and respond… read more
Voices of success: Descriptive portraits of two successful African American male middle school mathematics students
Berry, R. Q. (2005). Voices of success: Descriptive portraits of two successful African American male middle school mathematics students. Journal of African American Studies, 8(4), 46-62. This paper is about the stories of two African American male middle school students who have experienced success in mathematics. Working within a phenomenological methodological framework,… read more