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Meeting Minerva: A Journey of Discovery in Mathematical Identity

…no evidence to the contrary for him, and the fact that I didn’t know even the name of a Mexican mathematician, but I did know that Pythagoras was afraid of…

Meet Our Team

Heidi Schuler Director https://www.terc.edu/profiles/heidi-schuler/ Sherry Soares Project Manager https://www.terc.edu/profiles/sherry-soares/ Connie Rivera Professional Development Specialist https://www.terc.edu/profiles/connie-rivera/ The Adult Numeracy Team Our exceptional team of math curriculum developers, professional development facilitators, instructors,…

Ishihara-Yoshimura journey: A Story Celebrating Asian-Pacific Americans

…America (youtube.com) created by PBS in 2017 very interesting in terms of understanding the term AAPI etc. [2] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shipwrecked-teenager-who-helped-end-japans-isolationist-era-180982199/ [3] https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/hallofhonor/2014_railroad [4] Busting the Model Minority Myth of Asian Americans and…

Procedural Fluency

After practicing this thought process, it might become shorter – the area model can become a quick sketch. Eventually, the model may live entirely in the student’s head. They may…

Who Is Missing in Our Math Class?

(https://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/12/29/january-1-birthdays) Sarah’s work with the SABES Mathematics and Adult Numeracy Curriculum & Instruction PD Center at TERC includes developing and facilitating trainings and assisting programs with curriculum development. She is the treasurer for the Adult Numeracy Network….

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…for over 25 years. She is a senior professional development specialist for TERC’s Adult Numeracy Center. Most recently, she helped co-develop Adults Reaching Algebra Readiness (AR)2 with Donna Curry. She…

Making Math Meaningful in the ESOL Classroom

…mathematical practices of numerate adults. One of these practices, MP1 Making Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them, addresses the ability to solve problems and explain one’s reasoning (http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice/).  Let’s look at…

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…do not load or a user turns them off to reduce cognitive load increases audience comprehension and engagement highlights visual details that may be hard to see in a presentation…