Edited by Sandra Crespo, Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis, and Marta
Civil
Promoting empowerment,
meaningful participation, and success for each and every student
Access and Equity: Promoting
High-Quality Mathematics in Grades 3–5 examines the challenges related to access, equity, and
empowerment faced by students making the critical transition into mathematics
of the third through fifth grades. It provides guidance for making these
essential improvements in practice:
- Finding
ways to reframe common beliefs about nondominant students and communities
- Meeting
the linguistic demands in mathematics classrooms for emerging bilingual
students
- Adopting
approaches that engage all students in mathematical discourse
- Implementing
professional development that can make an impact with culturally and
linguistically diverse students
The
third through fifth grades are a crucial period when educational imbalances
begin to take hold, as inequities in resources and expectations become more
pronounced and significant. This book will help teachers provide a challenging,
effective mathematics education for each and every student in those classrooms,
and thus fully implement the Access and Equity Principle in NCTM’s Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical
Success for All.