Explore resources and projects that support educators in striving for broad-based participation.
Intentional Talk and Listening: How to Structure and Lead Productive Mathematical Discussions (Kazemi et. al., 2025) presents a practical framework for planning and facilitating purposeful math talks. This second edition explores the role of children’s and communities’ funds of knowledge and focuses on supporting students’ active participation as listeners and speakers. (Watch the Speaker Series Session.)
Using Student Reflections to Inform Your Small Groups is an Edutopia article by Annie Sussman and Marta Garcia that explains how “using students’ perspectives on math classes to inform your grouping practices can positively impact how they see themselves as math learners.” (12/24/24)
Teacher Reflection Tools (Math Equity Forum, 2024) provide a structure for collecting data and engaging in evidence-based reflection about student participation in math discussions and in small group work, and the teaching practices that may affect it. Learn more and download.
