Research Questions

The following research questions guided this project

We used Design-based Implementation Research (DBIR) methods and principles of Social Design Experiments to guide iterative cycles of inquiry and to study outcomes in diverse settings.

Overview of Design-based Implementation Research (DBIR) Activities

Publications & Presentations

Journal Manuscripts

Civil, M., Salazar, F., Turner, E., Quintos, B., & Stoehr, K. J. (2025). “We have a lot in common”: Mothers’ and teachers’ perspectives on barriers and pathways to mathematical partnerships. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-025-10412-1

Quintos, B., Buli, T., Steflitsch, D., & Martin-Beltrán, M. (2025). Lesson study with caregivers as a resource for a culturally sustaining mathematics pedagogy for multilingual learners. Educational Studies in Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-025-10407-y 

Quintos, B., Turner, E., & Civil, M. (2024). Parents and Teachers Collaborating to Disrupt Asymmetrical Power Positions in Mathematics Education. ZDM Mathematics Education, 56(3), 409–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01555-1

Varley-Gutiérrez, M., Napp-Avelli, C., Quintos, B., Salazar, F., Turner, E., & Civil, M. (2024). Families and Teachers Doing Mathematics Tasks Together: Considering Funds of Knowledge and Positioning. Mathematics Teacher Educator. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 13(1), 282–296. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2023-0026

Conference Proceedings

Civil, M., & Salazar, F. (2024). Parents and teachers talking about mathematics education: Connecting home and school. In T. Evans, O. Marmur, J. Hunter, G. Leach, & J. Jhagroo (Eds.). Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), 1, 122. https://www.igpme.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PME47_Auckland2024.zip 

Civil, M. & Sorto, A. (2023, July). Equidad en educación matemática: Experiencias basadas en un enfoque sociocultural (Equity in mathematics education: Experiences based on a sociocultural approach). In P. Scott, Y. Morales, & A. Ruiz (Eds.), Proceedings of the XVI CIAEM (Inter-American Conference of Mathematics Education) (Vol. 1, pp. 112-122). Lima, Peru: CIAEM.

Krell, M., Dirdak, A., Quintos, B., Wilson, J., Sorto, M.A., & Galindo, C. (October, 1, 2023). Multilingual Classrooms: Development of an Observational Analytic Tool to Examine Mathematics. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss. Proceedings of the 45th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1, pp. 927-931). Reno, NV:University of Nevada, Reno.

Turner, E., Ester Mariñoso, P., Civil, M., Quintos, B., Salazar, F., & Varley Gutiérrez, M. (2023). Parents and teachers doing mathematics together. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss. Proceedings of the 45th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, pp. 119-128). Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno.

Conference Presentations 

Buli, T., Quintos, B., & Steflitsch, D. (2023, October). Teachers Take Up Asset-Based Teaching Practices for Multilingual Learners. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, United States. 

Buli, T., Quintos, B., & Steflitsch, D. (2024, April). Teachers Positioning Multilingual Students in the Drivers’ Seat While Collaborating with Parents. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Cazarez, D., Nguyen, K., Civil, M., Quintos, B., Pinnow, R. (2023, October) Evaluation and Personal Story: Why Incorporating Individuals’ Experiences is Key to Improving Modern Evaluation Methodology. American Evaluation Association, Indianapolis: IN.

Civil, M. (2024, September). How can a funds of knowledge perspective support participation in diverse mathematical settings? [Virtual invited talk]. Developing Mathematics Teaching Units for Migrant Students – International Conference, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 

Civil, M. (2024, October). Un enfoque sociocultural en la educación matemática [A sociocultural approach in mathematics education] [Virtual invited talk]. Seminar on “Pesquisas em educação matemática” (Research in mathematics education), Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Civil, M. (2025, February). Diversity and participation in mathematical settings [Invited seminar presentation]. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Civil, M. (2025, March). Funds of knowledge and mathematics teaching and learning [Workshop session]. May Road School, Auckland, New Zealand.

Civil, M., & Salazar, F. (2024, July). Culturally Responsive Mathematics in a Bilingual Setting: Mothers, Teachers, and Children Together [Paper presentation]. 15th International Congress of Mathematics Education (ICME), Sydney, NSW, Australia. 

Civil, M. & Salazar, F. (2024, July). Parents and teachers talking about mathematics education: Connecting home and school [Oral communication]. 47th Annual Conference of Psychology in Mathematics Education (PME), Auckland, New Zealand.

Civil, M. & Salazar, F. (2024, July). Engaging with parents in conversations about mathematics [Workshop session]. Teacher Workshop Day Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.

Civil, M., Quintos, B., & Salazar, F. (2022, February 10-12). Three Spaces for Teachers and Parents to Dialogue about Mathematics Teaching and Learning [Conference session], Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Henderson, NV, United States. 

 Civil, M., Quintos, B., Salazar, F., Napp-Avelli, C., & Cardenas-Guzman, M. (2022, April 21-26). "Juntos" to Support Multilingual Students' Mathematics Learning: Bringing Families' Funds of Knowledge Into the Classroom [Conference session], 2022 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States.

Civil, M. (2023, April). Aprendiendo con y acerca de familias migrantes: Implicaciones para la educación matemática. (Learning with and about immigrant families: Implications for mathematics education).  Invited talk presented at a colloquium organized by different Chilean universities. (Virtual).

Civil, M. (2023, October). Conectando la escuela y la comunidad: Las familias como recurso para la educación matemática (Connecting school and community: Families as resources for mathematics education). UED-Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. (Virtual)

Civil, M. (2023, October). Learning mathematics with and from families. Presented as part of an invited session at the 2023 National Family Engagement Summit, Kansas City.

Civil, M. & Quintos, B. (2023, June). [Panel] Parents, teachers, and multilingual children collaborating on mathematics together. Asset-based approaches to broadening participation in STEM, 2023 DRK-12 PI Meeting, Washington, DC, United States.

Civil, M., Quintos, B., Salazar, F., & Varley-Gutiérrez, M. (2023, June). Juntos-Together: Parents, teachers and children doing and talking mathematics together in a multilingual context. Presented at the TODOS 2023 Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Napp-Avelli, C., & Quintos, B. (2022, February 21-25). 1205 Ciclo: Enseñar matemática en contextos culturales diversos: Argentinos en el exterior. Juntos: Padres, maestros y niños multilingües haciendo matemática [Virtual session], Semana UNIPE virtual 2022. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

Chung, A., Quintos, B., Royo-Romero, L. A., & Galindo, C. (2024). Transforming Mathematics Teaching and Learning in U.S. Schools: Centering Multilingual Learners’ Voices. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Dirdak, A., Krell, M. W., McCaskill, T. M., Quintos, B. Galindo, C., Wilson, J., Sorto, M. A. (2023, June). Beyond ‘good job!’: Observing teaching and positioning of multilingual learners as competent. TODOS 2023 Conference: Actions in Mathematics Education. Albuquerque, NM.

Martin-Beltrán, M, Pinnow, R., Lindfors-Navarro, H., Salazar, F., Buli, T., Turner, E., Civil, M., Chval, K, Quintos, B. (April, 2022) Multilingual Children Positioning for Learning: Parents and Children Working Together on Mathematics, [Round table presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Martin-Beltran, M., Quintos, B., Krell, M. (2024, April). Enhancing Opportunities for Developing Language while Learning Mathematics: Classroom Discourse and Positioning Practices. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Napp-Avelli, C., Civil, M., Quintos, B. (2023, October). Parents and Teachers Doing Mathematics Together: A Focus on Strengths. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, Washington, DC, United States.

Pinnow, R.J., Peru, L., & Turner, E. (2025, March). Examining multimodal positioning of multilingual children in the mathematics classroom: A tale of two students [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, CO, United States.

Pinnow, R.J., Turner, E., Reyes, J.J., Krell, M., Quintos, B.E., & Martin-Beltrán, M. (2025, March). Positioned for success?: Examining how multilingual learners navigate the emerging terrain of diverse mathematics classrooms [Roundtable presentation]. Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, CO, United States.

Pinnow, R.J. (2024). “I need a growth mindset”: Examining positioning ‘moments’ of multilinguals in diverse elementary math classrooms. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Houston, Texas.

Quintos, B., Civil, M., Salazar, F., Turner, E., Pinnow, R. (2023, June). [Poster] Parents, teachers, and multilingual children collaborating on mathematics together. 2023 DRK-12 PI Meeting, Washington, DC, United States.

Quintos, B.; Royo Romero, L.A., Chung, A. & Galindo, C. (2023, June). Children’s Math Counterstories to Inform a Culturally Sustaining Mathematics Pedagogy.  [Conference Presentation]. TODOS Conference, New Mexico, United States.

Quintos, B. (2023, August). Juntos: Parents, Teachers, and Multilingual Children Collaborating on Mathematics Together. Conectando Saberes: Forum on STEM Learning Among Latiné Youth and Families, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings at the National Science Foundation.

Quintos, B., Buli, T., & Steflitsch, D., (2023, October). Together-Juntos: Caregivers and Teachers Repositionings in a Lesson Study Inquiry. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, United States.

Quintos, B., Buli, T., Steflitsch, D., Martin-Beltrán, M. (2024, April). Reimagining Mathematics Learning: Risk-Taking in a Lesson Study with Multilingual Families. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Quintos, B., Buli, T., Steflitsch, D., Martin-Beltrán, M. (under review) Lesson Study with Caregivers as a Resource for a Culturally Sustaining Mathematics Pedagogy for Multilingual Learners. Educational Studies in Mathematics: An International Journal.

Quintos, B., Turner, E., Civil, M. (2024). Parents and Teachers Collaborating to Disrupt Asymmetrical Power Positions in Mathematics Education. ZDM Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01555-1

Royo Romero, L. A., Sierra Mejia, A. A., Quintos, B., Martin-Beltran, M., & Galindo, C. (2025, April). The Role of Language Ideologies in Reimagining a Culturally Sustaining Mathematics Education for Multilingual Learners [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Royo Romero, L., Tchung, A., Galindo, C., & Quintos, B. (2025, April). Leveraging Transformational Data Collection Practices to Center Multilingual Learners' Stories [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Salazar, F., Diaz, B., Alvarez, L., & Sotelo Fierros, D. (2025, May). Parents as resources: Reaching out to families and learning from them. In  D. Garcia (Chair), Integrating Latine Family Knowledge in Early STEM Education For Culturally Sustaining Environments  [Paper symposium]. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, United States.  

Salazar, F., Diaz, B., Alvarez, L., Sotelo Fierros, D., & Civil, M. (2024, October). Come learn from families’ experiences with mathematics! [Conference session]. National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education from the National Association for Families, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), Denver, CO, United States.

Salazar, F. & Varley-Gutiérrez, M. (2023, August). Juntos-Together: Padres, madres, maestros(as) y estudiantes haciendo y hablando sobre matemáticas en un contexto multilingüe. [Conference Presentation]. Maratón de Mate 3.0: ¡No más aislamiento! (Virtual)

Salazar, F., Varley-Gutiérrez, M., Sotelo, D., & Favela, N. (2023, June). Creating Culturally Responsive Mathematics Tasks: A Parent and Teacher Collaboration. [Conference Presentation] 2023 Summer Institute for Culturally Responsive Education (SICRE), Tucson, AZ, United States.

Sotelo Fierros, D. & Diaz, B. (2025, January). ¡Juntos! Collaborating with families on a culturally relevant task [Conference session]. Mathematics Educator Appreciation Day (MEAD), Tucson, AZ, United States.

Steflitsch, D., Quintos, & B., Buli, T. (April, 2025). Leveraging our understanding of mathematical and language learning opportunities for multilingual learners [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference,  Denver, CO, United States. 

Varley-Gutiérrez, M., & Salazar, F. (2025, March). Una Aplicación de Fondos de Conocimiento con Familiares y Maestros [Virtual presentation]. Ciclo de la Lengua Española: Bilingüismo y Biculturalidad Jornada V Sedes de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Estados Unidos, Canadá, y Cuba.  

Varley-Gutiérrez, M., & Salazar, F. (2025, May). Juntos-Together: Padres, Madres, Maestros(as) y Estudiantes Haciendo y Hablando Sobre Matemáticas en un Contexto Multilingüe. In I. Reyes (Chair), Oportunidades y servicios para estudiantes transnacionales y transfronterizos en Estados Unidos y México [Symposium presentation]. IV Encuentro Internacional Migración y Niñez Migrante y I Congreso Internacional Sobre Familias Migrantes, Hermosillo, Son, México.

Varley-Gutiérrez, M., Napp-Avelli, C., Salazar, F., Quintos, B., Civil, M., & Turner, E. (2024). Families and Teachers Doing Mathematics Tasks Together: Considering Funds of Knowledge, Power, and Positioning, Mathematics Teacher Educator.

Varley-Gutiérrez, M., Salazar, F., Sotelo, D., & Alvarez, L. (2024, April). Parents and Teachers Collaborate to Enhance Multilingual Children’s Mathematics Learning Experiences. [Conference Presentation]. NCTM Virtual Conference.

Varley-Gutiérrez, M., Salazar, F., Alvarez, L. & Sotelo, D. (2024, January). ¡Juntos! A Parent and Teacher panel about collaborating to enhance math learning. [Conference Presentation]. Mathematics Educator Appreciation Day (MEAD), Tucson, AZ, United States.