Engaging ELLs in Mathematics Learning Through Meaning-Making Activities

In the era of college and career readiness standards, all students are required to develop discipline-specific thinking competencies which demonstrate not only their conceptual understandings, but also their ability to comprehend and use academic language

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Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners

Luciana C. de Oliveira · Marta Civil Editors

Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners Preparing Pre-service and In-service Teachers

Editors Luciana C. de Oliveira School of Education Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA, USA

Marta Civil Department of Mathematics University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA

ISBN 978-3-030-48354-8 ISBN 978-3-030-48355-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48355-5

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Introduction Luciana C. de Oliveira and Marta Civil Terminology and Acronyms Organization of the Book References Preparing Mathematics Preservice Teachers for Teaching Emergent Bilinguals Through Concurrent Intervention Ji Yeong I and Jiaqi Yu Culturally Responsive Teaching in Mathematics Context of the Study Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies Culture Integration Cognitive Demand Linguistic Support Discussions and Implications References

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Redesigning a Statistics Literacy Course to Help Prepare Pre-service Teachers to Teach (Statistics to) English Language Learners Lawrence M. Lesser The Nature of Statistics Context for the Course Audience Strategies Used and Modeled Word-Level Strategies Phrase-Level Strategies Sentence/Paragraph-Level Strategies Culturally Relevant Context Thinking Like a Statistician Other Strategies Final Thoughts References Designing Professional Development to Support Teachers’ Productive Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices for Teachin