Cardboard Cities,Real Mathematics: Employing Quantitative Literacy to Study Gentrification in NYC |
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| Authors: | Forest Fisher Jared Warner Nate Mickelson |
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| Institution: | 1. forest.fisher@guttman.cuny.edu |
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| Abstract: | AbstractGentrification is a complex issue with very real repercussions for urban youth. Games make learning fun and provide a way for students to explore complex systems through recursive play. We describe a board game designed to help students explore ratios and proportional reasoning while simultaneously engaging the causes and effects of gentrification. Situated within a multidisciplinary first-semester learning community course, the game provides a model for later experiential learning opportunities as students are asked to study the effects of gentrification in one New York City neighborhood. |
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| Keywords: | Community college games gentrification interdisciplinary proportional reasoning remedial mathematics |
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