Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Date of Award
January 2013
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Department
Curriculum and Instruction
First Advisor
Thomas G. Edwards
Abstract
The objective of this study was to discover how parents (N=47), through their input at home, influence the mathematical performance of their daughters; how female African American students view their teachers' influence in their mathematical thinking; how critical is the mathematical classroom experience for African American girls; and can positive classroom experiences (teacher implementation of best practices) significantly add to the effect of the parental mathematical input at home. And lastly, how much can the two factors together predict higher mathematics scores on the ACT. Research instruments consisted of parent and student surveys. The participants were African American girls who had taken the ACT ranging in ages from 17-19 years old from two urban high schools located in the Midwestern portion of the United States, and their parents. There were no significant findings in the study.
Recommended Citation
Simeon, Sharon Alicia, "Inner City African American Girls' Learning Mathematics: Parental Influence And Classroom Experience As They Impact Mathematics Scores On The Act" (2013). Wayne State University Dissertations. 699.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/699