Mind/Shift – How Listening to Students’ Stories can Improve Math Class (September 2023)

This is such a fresh approach to Math: humanizing it. As educators, we know that our students bring their own experiences, perceptions and hopes for themselves in many ways. I can’t say I ever really asked or considered a student’s hope for themselves in Math in a meaningful way. I see now that, giving students regular opportunities to reflect on their Math experiences and sharing them with us, allows us to be more aware and meaningful in what we teach, how we teach and support students to realize their hopes & goals for themselves; in Math and hopefully more.