Talk is the Ticket to Teaching Math to English Learners
Description
This article describes a mathematics professional development program for elementary school teachers focused on improving mathematics discourse for all students, in particular emergent multilingual learners. Frameworks, such as the Math Discourse Matrix (Sztajn, Heck, & Malzahn, 2020) that characterizes four types of discourse (correcting, eliciting, probing, responsive) and other resources aimed at planning and implementing lessons that support emergent multilingual learners' engagement in productive mathematical discussions are shared.
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PUBLICATION DETAILS
Type
Article
Publisher
The Learning Professional
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Topic(s)
Cultural Relevance, Equity, and Diversity
Teacher Professional Development and Pedagogy
Publication Year
2019
Discipline(s)
Other