“Points Ain't Everything”: Emergent Goals and Average and Percent Understandings in the Play of Basketball among African American Students
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This study examines the shifting nature of the cultural practice of basketball as players move from middle school to high school play and related shifts in players' statistical evaluations linked to play. Thirty‐four middle and high school African American basketball players were observed and interviewed as they participated in the practice of basketball. Results show that the practice of basketball differs at these two levels of play corresponding to differences in mathematics linked to play.
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Through traditional and social media, basketball has taken on a much more important and serious role than recreation.
“Through traditional and social media, basketball has taken on a much more important and serious role than recreation (Nasir, 2000, p. 285).”
From Expanding the Basketball Hoop Dream: Diverse Voices and Forgotten Places (2024) · cites this paper as Nasir, 2000, p. 285
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- Authors
- Nasir, N. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nasir, Na'ilah Suad
- ORCID
- Nasir, Na'ilah Suad
- Venue
- Anthropology & Education Quarterly
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2000-09
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 283-305
- ISSN
- 0161-7761 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-1492
- OpenAlex
- W2110594205
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Anthropology & Education Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Physical education and sports games research
- Keywords
- basketball, African American students, junior high school, high schools, statistical understanding, mathematics in sports
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