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Leveraging Cultural Capital In The Math Classroom - An Interview with Thomasenia Lott Adams
Today we speak with Thomasenia Lott Adams from the University of Florida --- Go Gators! Thomasenia is a mathematics teacher educator/researcher with numerous accolations for teaching and the work she does with pre-service teachers.
We speak with Tomasenia today about how we can use students’ cultural capital to empower learning, why promoting student voice is so important in math class, and why increasing the number of meaningful “touch points” in math class helps amplify student voice.
You’ll Learn:
Resources:
NCTM → https://www.nctm.org/
NCSM → https://www.mathedleadership.org/
Solution Tree Book Series
DNAMath → http://www.dnamath.com/
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Start the school year with some great culture building activities. Listen to these episodes:
Episode 36: How To Start The School Year Off Right
Episode 88: How To Start The School Year Off Right From A Distance
Episode 139: Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180
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