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First Generation Equity Worker : A Journey to Discover Who is Really At-Risk

James Gray General

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In spring of 2013 , Community College of Aurora ’ s Mathematics Department began the journey to discover how its own practices and beliefs have contributed to inequitable outcomes for students . This session will engage participants in self-reflection using the lessons of the Center for Urban Education ’ s Equity in Excellence Project in Colorado . james . gray @ ccaurora . edu

Real-world is messy and mathematics class should reflect that . In this session , participants will look into the world of ethnomathematics and begin to discover the benefits out-of-school mathematics can have within the four walls of the classroom , through discussion and engaging in a mathematics task . margaretha @ susd12 . org

As educators , many times we need to encourage our students to attend class so we can work our " magic " on them . The use of games allows ALL students to find a non-threatening environment in which to learn , often in spite of themselves . tannerj @ sunyocc . edu

Participants will engage in tasks they can use to bring the conversation about social justice issues into the classroom . Mathematical ideas of proportions and data / graphs are used as tools to interpret conflicts in the past and their occurrence in current time , as they might impact the students in their classroom . susana . davidenko @ cortland . edu , lmfulmore @ yahoo . com

Come explore how to engage students in explorations that scaffold learning of rigid motions in the coordinate plane using manipulatives and graphing calculators . cthomas11 @ gsu . edu

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