Is social media use for math learning beneficial for ethnic minority students' math identity? A socialization perspective
Journal article
Hu, Xiang, Zuo, Haode, Lai, Chun, Zhu, Gaoxia, Guo, Jiesi and Tan, Huiling. (2024). Is social media use for math learning beneficial for ethnic minority students' math identity? A socialization perspective. British Journal of Educational Technology. 55(1), pp. 363-378. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13359
Authors | Hu, Xiang, Zuo, Haode, Lai, Chun, Zhu, Gaoxia, Guo, Jiesi and Tan, Huiling |
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Abstract | Although the educational potential of social media has been widely acknowledged, it remains unclear whether social media use might present opportunities for the development of math identity. This study drew on the socialization framework of math identity to examine the relationships between social media use for math learning, bicultural identity integration, ethnic-math beliefs and math identity among ethnic minority high school students in China. Structural equation modelling results showed that (a) social media use was positively related to math identity; (b) high bicultural identity integration was positively associated with math identity, while biased ethnic-math beliefs were negatively related to math identity and (c) social media use suppressed the socialization process of math identity, weakening the maladaptive roles of low bicultural identity integration and biased ethnic-math beliefs in shaping math identity. Our findings highlight the beneficial role of social media use in student math learning. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. |
Keywords | bicultural integration; ethnic minorities; ethnic-math beliefs; math identity; social media |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | British Journal of Educational Technology |
Journal citation | 55 (1), pp. 363-378 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (UK) |
ISSN | 0007-1013 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13359 |
Web address (URL) | https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.13359 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 363-378 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 Jul 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 30 Jun 2023 |
Deposited | 03 Jul 2024 |
Additional information | © 2023 British Educational Research Association. |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90q9z/is-social-media-use-for-math-learning-beneficial-for-ethnic-minority-students-math-identity-a-socialization-perspective
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