What do you meme? An investigation of social media and mathematical identity
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Benoit, Gregory
Salopek, Gabor
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G. Benoit, G. Salopek. "What do you Meme? An Investigation of Social Media and Mathematical Identity" Journal of Urban Mathematics Education.
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Mathematical spaces extend far beyond the classroom and physical environments into virtual spaces. Today’s students have more to consider than just their face-to-face experiences with mathematics inside or outside the classroom; they have the online perspectives of others to consider as well. To gain critical insight, research was conducted with semi-structured focus groups using an interactive mathematics internet meme activity. Using positioning theory, this article highlights students’ stances and three storylines as conceptual tools for better understanding their offline and online mathematical identities. Results show the two spaces are not mutually exclusive and students are succumbing and adhering to a larger hegemonic construction of mathematics found in the online communities with various points of tension found.
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Copyright (c) 2023 Gregory Benoit, Gabor Salopek. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The copyright for articles in JUME is held by the individual. By virtue of their appearance in this open access journal, articles are free to use with proper attribution in educational and other non-commercial settings.