A Story of the 2020-21 Math Equity Project Skylar Primm My Context I’ve spent the last decade teaching at High Marq Environmental Charter School in Montello, Wisconsin. Our project- and place-based curriculum is interdisciplinary by nature, so though I’m licensed as a science teacher I end up covering a bit of everything. When I earnedContinue reading ““How is this math?””
Author Archives: Christina Stefonek
Building Equity in the Mathematics Classroom
Posted on October 27, 2020 One bad math class can sour a student’s entire experience with the subject. Professional Learning Specialist Christina Stefonek, a math teacher for 10 years who now designs and facilitates mathematics and science professional learning programs at PLACE, has such a story she shares with other math educators during “storientations” at the MathContinue reading “Building Equity in the Mathematics Classroom”
How does dialogue in math class affect math identity?
As a 6th grade middle school teacher my job is to bridge who learners were in elementary school to who they will become. Academic beliefs in what is considered “good” in math and perceived abilities often are cemented in learners’ minds long before they enter the building that first day. So much of the beginningContinue reading “How does dialogue in math class affect math identity?”
Changing notions of what it means to be “smart” in math
Context I’ve been teaching at a high school for the last 6 years since graduating my bachelors in Secondary Education-Mathematics. I was hired to support our English Language Learners in math classes, so I started taking classes and received my Masters in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages in December of 2018. I currentlyContinue reading “Changing notions of what it means to be “smart” in math”
A fifth grade math educator researches students’ math identities, independence and small group dynamics.
May 10, 2020 In fifth grade students have, in many ways, already internalized whether they are dependent learners or independent learners, especially in math. Students in fifth grade will regularly state facts about themselves about their math abilities and seem to, more than any other subject, believe that their abilities in this area are immutable. Continue reading “A fifth grade math educator researches students’ math identities, independence and small group dynamics.”
Welcome to the Teacher Researcher Voice Blog!
The purpose of this blog is to highlight the research that educators are doing in their classrooms every day of the school year. These incredible educators have been focusing on specific questions about their practice and collecting data throughout a school year to analyze the contexts in which they work. Scroll through the posts toContinue reading “Welcome to the Teacher Researcher Voice Blog!”
Teacher Researcher Voice 