Professional Title
Assistant Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education
Organization/Institution
Keywords
This five-year participatory research project follows students from transitional kindergarten to third grade to understand whether and how Number Talks (i.e., ten-to-fifteen-minute math discussions where students mentally solve mathematics problems and then come together as a class to share their mathematical reasoning) can empower students to develop productive mathematical identities while strengthening their number sense. As part of this work, grade level teams of teachers will investigate how to leverage the knowledge, skills, and resources students bring with them to mathematics class in order to spark productive mathematical identity development.