Identity, goals, and learning mathematics

With respect,

According Boaler (2007) “Gender, like culture, is a response rather than a characteristic”. It is very true! I tested, while was raising my daughters, and proved it myself.

According Nasir (2007), knowledge of statistics helped a group of high school African American students to set goals, build trustful relationship with each other, and succeed in basketball. In contrast, middle school basketball players did not succeed because they did not know statistics. Am I correct?

According Cobb and Hadge (2007) normative identity develops stronger than core and personal identities. Normative identity, over time, influences core and perhaps personal identities. Is not possible that core identity affects on normative identity? How do you explain students’ oppositional classroom identities? Might student’s oppositional identity be an effect of his/her strong core identity?