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    Math teachers test responsive practices in real time: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

    By Kara McElvaine, Charles Collingwood, Katie Kunkel, Crystal Watson and Shay Bluemer-Miroite
    Categories: Continuous improvement, Data, Improvement science/networks, Reaching all students, Social & emotional learning
    April 2023
    Educators across the United States are working to center student needs and identities in their pedagogical approaches in support of the whole child. Within that national context, many math educators are grappling with ways to make their instruction more culturally responsive to improve their students’ feelings of belonging, perceptions of relevance, and academic learning outcomes. Doing this work in the context of math teaching can feel like a big challenge full of knowing-doing gaps — where an idea may seem good in theory but is challenging to implement in practice. Competing visions of what success looks like in math classrooms add to the challenge, as some question the sufficiency of traditional measures like speed of problem-solving and the accuracy of final answers when considering how

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    Beechum, N.W. (2020). Expanding visions of success in mathematics for marginalized students. Student Experience Research Network. studentexperiencenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Williams-Beechum-Expanding-Visions.pdf

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    Kara mcelvaine
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    Kara McElvaine (kara.mcelvaine@shift-results.com) is associate director of programs at Shift.

    Charles collingwood
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    Charles Collingwood (charles.collingwood@tusd1.org) is a mathematics department chair in the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona. 

    Katie kunkel
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    Katie Kunkel (krkunkel@cps.edu) is a high school mathematics teacher in Chicago Public Schools in Illinois. 

    Crystal watson
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    Crystal Watson (watsocr@cpsboe.k12.oh.us) is a mathematics instructional coach in Cincinnati Public Schools in Ohio. 

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    Shay Bluemer-Miroite (shay@shift-results.com) is director of programs at Shift. 


    Categories: Continuous improvement, Data, Improvement science/networks, Reaching all students, Social & emotional learning

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