Strands

The professional development series designed within the A³IMS project used 5 strands to organize activities for use with teachers of mathematics. Below you will find a description of each strand and the links to the materials from each strand.

Mathematics

Activities designed to support the development of algebraic thinking.

Discourse

Activities designed to support the development of explanation, justification, and argumentation.

Culture & Community

Activities designed to support understanding, utilizing, and supporting cultural & community contexts of teaching.

Privilege & Oppression

Activities designed to support the examination of teachers’ positionality in relation to their students and to other adults in the school, district, community, and society.

Action Research

Activities supporting the study of practice and the professionalization of teaching.