“Points Ain't Everything”: Emergent Goals and Average and Percent Understandings in the Play of Basketball among African American Students

Nasir, Na’ilah Suad

doi:10.1525/aeq.2000.31.3.283

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“…2 (e.g., Lave & Wenger, 1991;Nasir, 2000) and on everyday situations (e.g., Inagaki & Hatano, 1989;Rogoff, 1990) has analyzed long-term learning in everyday situations and offers insights into how learning activities can and/or should be organized. From these studies, some features of successful learning can be identified.…”

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A Collaborative Approach to Teaching Cognitive Science to Undergraduates: The Learning Sciences as a Means to Study and Enhance College Student Learning

Miyake

Shirouzu

2006

PSYCHOLOGIA -An International Journal of Psychological Sciences

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This paper reports on a new movement in cognitive studies that focuses on understanding and promoting collaborative learning. First, learning goals are redefined and a theoretical explanation of how collaboration works to achieve such goals is provided. A laboratory study to test this theoretical framework is then described. The study was integrated within a two-year curriculum which teaches introductory cognitive science, and which uses technological tools to enhance teaching and learning processes and outcomes. Two classes are described: one using a technique called "the jigsaw method" to teach the construct of semantic memory, and the other using a more complex design called "the dynamic jigsaw" to facilitate sophomores learning how to integrate 24 research findings into a coherent view of cognitive science. The results to date are promising while at the same time stimulating new research questions about how college students may be helped in their acquisition of not just basic academic knowledge but also skills for selfdirected learning and collaborative work.Key words: learning sciences, collaborative learning, the jigsaw method, mechanisms of constructive interactionRecently, a new research field called "learning sciences" has been gaining popularity and redefining instructional practices worldwide. Learning sciences seek to establish theoretical understandings of what learning is, and to promote higher levels of learning. They iteratively refine learning-related theories and demonstrate the effectiveness of the devised methods through actual practices (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 1999;Bransford & Donovan, 2005;Miyake & Shirouzu, 2003).Studies of how people can effectively learn have a long tradition because human beings have constantly been required to re-structure old experiences and to accommodate them to new situations. However, in the current age, where rapid changes are the norm, the degree to which this requirement occurs has increased more than ever. Students, for example, are required not only to acquire routine knowledge but also to apply what they learn to new situations, outside of school and in a distant future. To meet such requirements, new learning studies need new research methods which differ from those used in laboratory-based, conventional learning studies (Brown, 1992;Collins, 1992).

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A Collaborative Approach to Teaching Cognitive Science to Undergraduates: The Learning Sciences as a Means to Study and Enhance College Student Learning

Miyake

Shirouzu

2006

PSYCHOLOGIA -An International Journal of Psychological Sciences

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“…[13][14][15] These are two practices which are familiar to African American communities, atlarge but may not have been experienced by everyone. In Mahiri's [13] ethnographic investigation of the relationship between discourse features of African American male youth and basketball, Mahiri points to the role that basketball plays in providing young boys an opportunity to engage in analytical thinking activities.…”

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“…basketball, dominoes, card playing) in the lived experiences of Black boys and their ability to translate skills between formal education and informal contexts. In her study investigating thirty-four middle school Black student athletes transition from middle to high school, Nasir [14] found that students exhibit ability for higher level mathematical thinking skills and ability to set evaluation goals as the structure basketball practice changes during their transition from middle to high-school. Nasir considers these mathematical thinking skills 'practice-linked statistical concepts.'…”

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“…As players move up through the funnel, there are more drastic consequences when they fall by the wayside." [14] In the context of pathways to engineering degrees and careers, this is problematic. Here we have students who are have skill in some mathematical content but are only able to express that knowledge in one context.…”

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“…While this research highlights experiences of college students, it is fraternal organizations like these that provide mentoring experiences for young Black men. [14] High ethical standards relate to one's morals and values. In the Black community, even as it relates to work and academics, faith and family are often the source of value and morality.…”

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Engineer of 2020 Attributes and the Black Male Future Engineer: A Review of Literature

Tolbert

Cardella

2016 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Historically, the United States of America has been an innovative and technically proficient forerunner. This position is threatened as the country's ability to develop competitive quantities of engineers, equipped to tackle the complex challenges of the future, has come under question. These challenges are wicked and unknown and will force engineers to use collaborate and use technical skills to solve social problems. With this in mind, the National Academies of Engineering launched the Engineer of 2020 project and charged its Committee on Engineering Education to develop a vision for engineering in 2020 and beyond. The Engineer of 2020 will be characterized by 10 attributes. The descriptions of these skills are vague; many institutions and organizations have characterized these attributes and created internal metrics by and through which they will develop these attributes in their students.Yet, it is not the university's sole responsibility to develop engineering attributes in future engineers. Before beginning college, students have vast experiences both through formal and informal education, which may have already begun to foster these attributes. Additionally, there is a cultural transmission of knowledge and experiences which may inculcate students with interest towards interests in STEM fields. Thus, this literature review will discuss the engineer of 2020 attributes as discussed in historical and contemporary literature related to African Americans/Blacks, with a focus on males and precollege informal learning contexts. In this literature mapping review, the terms Blacks and African Americans will be used interchangeably. This work can impact the engineering education and diversity research by spurring increased conversation and research investigations of cultural practices and activities from informal settings which may contribute to engineering attribute development. IntroductionThis work will offer an additional perspective on how researchers can explore connections between the engineer of 2020 (E2020) attributes and the lived experiences of African American communities, particularly of African American male youth. As engineering educators develop engineers, who represent different cultures, it is important to understand their lived experiences and the social and historical occurrences that might serve as foundations for those experiences. These lived experiences can help us understand the intersection between a Black male student's lived experience and his journey on the engineering pathway.Although Black males are earn only 4.8% of engineering degrees awarded [2] , their presence in the discipline provides evidence of their ability to succeed in the field. Often our American society and their educational environments challenge Black boys by placing unseen obstacles in their pathways. One such obstacle is the significance American society places on practices, values and norms of the White majority community. The practices, norms and practices of African American students is not welcomed, incl...

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Scripture‐Based Discourses of Latter‐day Saint and Methodist Youths

Rackley

2014

Reading Research Quarterly

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A B S T R A C TDrawing on social and cultural perspectives of literacy, conceptualizations of religious literacies, and Gee ' s notion of Discourses, I develop a framework for exploring 16 Latter-day Saint and Methodist youths' religious literacies as social and cultural practice. This work grows out of the increasingly important role that religion plays in local and global events, the large population of religious youths who demonstrate strong commitments to engaging with scripture, and the enormous cultural space occupied by religious texts. Data consisted of 59 extensive, semistructured interviews over two years and a year of observations of the youths in multiple contexts. Inductive analyses informed by constant comparative analysis and the development of key linkages indicated that participants engaged in religious literacy discourses that were informed by the religiohistorical beliefs, experiences, and values of their families and religious congregations. Two primary categories emerged: Methodist youths engaged in an active construction of meaning with scripture, situated within a culture of interpretation and discussion of religious texts. Latter-day Saint youths privileged a passive reception of meaning from scripture, situated within a culture of listening that included reading long passages of scripture and memorizing scripture. These discourses provided ways for the youths to represent the manner in which they participated in, and made sense of, the world through language and texts. This research raises questions about the study of sacred texts, the selection and use of culturally important texts for instructional use, and the value of exploring religion as social and cultural practice.

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“Points Ain't Everything”: Emergent Goals and Average and Percent Understandings in the Play of Basketball among African American Students

Cited by 100 publications

References 15 publications

A Collaborative Approach to Teaching Cognitive Science to Undergraduates: The Learning Sciences as a Means to Study and Enhance College Student Learning

A Collaborative Approach to Teaching Cognitive Science to Undergraduates: The Learning Sciences as a Means to Study and Enhance College Student Learning

Engineer of 2020 Attributes and the Black Male Future Engineer: A Review of Literature

Scripture‐Based Discourses of Latter‐day Saint and Methodist Youths

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