Research Readings

Sign up to co-facilitate

Look over the abstracts for the assigned research readings and select one or two that you are interested in reading more deeply and guiding your peers to discuss. Sign up to co-facilitate ONE research reading with a group of your peers (max group size is 4).

Create Research Reading Guide

You will select one research reading to co-facilitate with a few of your classmates. To prepare for your co-facilitation:

(Required) Create a reading guide to share a week in advance with the class to help everyone make sense of the article as they read it.

• You can structure the reading guide however you think is most appropriate.
• For example: You might ask specific questions to focus attention on certain parts of the reading. You might provide a brief summary of key points from the reading that you want your classmates to think about as they read. Note that this guide is not meant to replace reading the article, but it is meant to make the article more accessible to your peers.
• This guide can be in a format of your course (written, audio, video, etc.)

(Optional) Create a homework assignment that you would like your peers to engage with before your discussion.

• If you chose to have your peers complete a homework assignment to prepare for the discussion, you can structure this homework task however you think is most appropriate.
• For example: You might ask your classmates to do or write something and bring something with them for the discussion. You might create a Google Form and ask them to post responses by Wednesday before the class discussion so that you can review their reflections.

Your reading guide (& homework, if applicable) is DUE WEDNESDAY ONE WEEK BEFORE THE READING WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLASS

Plan to co-facilitate a discussion/activity based on the reading

Lead a 20-minute discussion and/or activity about the readings for the week. This discussion or activity should focus on critically engaging with the ideas in the research reading, but you can also make connections to the other assigned readings for the week.

• Again, you have quite a bit of freedom in how you choose to structure the 20-minute discussion or activity. But, you should try to plan a discussion or activity that will engage your classmates in actively reflecting critically on key ideas from the reading.

DUE BY WEDNESDAY (BEFORE THE DISCUSSION). SHARE A SUMMARY OR OUTLINE OF YOUR PLAN FOR THE DISCUSSION OR ACTIVITY with me.

Learning Objective

Demonstrate awareness of social contexts of mathematics teaching and learning.

• You can use mathematics education research to critically engage in conversations to understand and address inequitable learning experiences in mathematics.