In my discipline, Sociology, analyzing autobiographies, or life histories, has a rich foundation. Such narrative analysis enables us to gain insight into the phenomenological life worlds of both self ...

A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. While the ...

Can a mathematician also be an accomplished storyteller? The answer is an emphatic yes, for both Catherine Chung, the Korean American author of “The Tenth Muse,” and her narrator-protagonist, a ...

Editor’s note, July 8, 2020; Updated March 18, 2021: The author of this piece, which was originally published on the Conversation, contacted Education Week to acknowledge to us that she failed to ...

Two researchers have published a study that asked students if they see themselves as a math or science person, then followed up with them several times in following years. Results showed those who ...