Category: research
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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: What is different in math research for students with and without disabilities; an article that took 8 years to get published!
To call this a new article is a bit of a stretch. I first started writing this article in 2013. I planned to write a Research Commentary for JRME (a fancy math ed journal) on what I saw as the stark differences between 1) math ed research and 2) special…
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Research Breakdown: Teaching Math to SwD during Emergency Remote Teaching
Just uploaded a preprint (before peer review, so not final!) of a study I did this spring with Rachel Schuck, a doc student at UCSB in Special Education. I was working on a research study on UDL with some exceptional special educators. After schools were closed, some of the teachers…
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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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Research Breakdown: “Indefensible, Illogical, and Unsupported”; Countering Deficit Mythologies about the Potential of Students with Learning Disabilities in Mathematics
For over two years, I have had a word document on my computer entitled, “Myths in Teaching Mathematics for SwD.” I kept adding bits of writing, particularly when I encountered another myth. Imagine my excitement when Jo Boaler sent out a call for a special issue of Education Sciences on…
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Resources for teachers on math and disability from a strengths-based perspective
After I made the list of academic papers, I realized I should do something similar for writings that are aimed at teachers that take a non-traditional point of view on disability and teaching mathematics. Updated May 2018. Please comment if you have items to add! Behrend, J. L. (2003). Learning-disabled…
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Resources: Articles with Critical Approaches to Mathematics and Disability
I created this list based on a request for a Ph.D. reading list for a student interested in critical and Disability Studies approaches to mathematics education. Figured I should share with more, as there are so many wonderful resources on this list. Updated May 2018. Please comment if you have…
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Paraprofessionals and Mathematics!
One of the most important agents of change in special education is paraprofessionals. These dedicated professionals are often the mediators between classroom teachers and our students with disabilities. They help create access for the child to the curriculum. Unfortunately, paraprofessionals are almost never given planning time with teachers, and are…
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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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