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Robert Santiago; Otis Williams; Jorge Zaragoza; Haiwen Chu; Monique Evans – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
All students want to talk about ideas that interest them, but often, multilingual learners are not offered high-challenge, high-support opportunities to connect everyday experiences to mathematical ideas. We describe a single class period that connects students' everyday opinions with two-way tables and notions of independence.
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes, Probability
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Contreras, José N. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
Sequences are an important topic--not only in mathematics but also in the mathematics curriculum. Exploring sequences related to medial triangles offers learners opportunities to solve problems involving sequences within geometric contexts. Sequences related to medial triangles are also a rich source of beautiful and interesting geometric patterns…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geometry, Geometric Concepts
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De Los Santos Rodríguez, Sabrina; Martínez-Gudapakkam, Audrey; Storeygard, Judy – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
The authors' experiences with Latinx families confirm research that shows parents are willing and have the desire to help their children with their mathematics schoolwork (Colegrove and Krause 2016). However, structural barriers make it challenging for Spanish-speaking parents to support their children's mathematics learning. For example,…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parent Attitudes, Parent Role, Hispanic American Students