Category: rehumanizing mathematics
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Game Time: An Intervention to Support Teachers and Students in Complex Times Learning Mathematics Through Joy
Presenters: Dr. Rachel Lambert (UCSB), Tomy Nguyen (Alder University, UCSB), Jenny Goldberg (UCSB) In an effort to bring joy to math intervention by using non-digital games that are fun and accessible for all students, whether or not they have been identified as being “in need of intervention,” we provided a…
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Research Breakdown: My article on how disability in mathematics is political, relational, emotional and complexly embodied (Lambert, 2019)
Part of my intention with this blog is to provide access for a wide audience on research into disability in the context of mathematics. Research is too inaccessible; hard to get the articles and hard to understand them even when you do get your hands on them! Today I want…
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Rehumanizing mathematics for students with disabilities- a special issue on critical perspectives on disability and mathematics
A couple of years ago, James Sheldon and Kai Rand started a Working Group at the Psychology of Mathematics Education North America conference. This group, now called Critical Perspectives on Disability and Mathematics, is made up of mathematics education scholars who work at the intersections of disability and equity. We…
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Developing Meaningful Goals for IEPs in Mathematics, Part II
So excited to discuss a new article from my colleague Paulo Tan, who is a professor at the University of Tulsa and studies mathematics education from a critical disability studies perspective. His new article describes his personal experience advocating for his son in Individual Education Plan [IEP] meetings, which are…
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Mathematics and Dyslexia Part I
What do we know about teaching meaningful mathematics to students with learning disabilities, particularly those with profound difficulties learning to read, otherwise known as dyslexia? Here is a great place to start: a blog post by a mathematician with dyslexia who lists some of the many strengths of people with…
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