Abstract
A methods course attempted to help pre-service teachers facilitate the engagement of English language learners (ELLs) in Mathematical Practices from the Common Core State Standards. When 22 elementary pre-service teachers were taught a mathematics lesson in Spanish, most were unable to make sense of the lesson. This made them more aware of challenges ELLs may face when they attempt to engage in Mathematical Practices. The pre-service teachers developed their own strategies to facilitate ELLs. The findings suggest that pre-service teachers not only better empathized with ELLs after being taught in another language, they also learned Mathematical Practices more deeply.
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Ewing, Jim
(2017)
"Facilitating Pre-service Teachers to Learn the Mathematical Practices and Engage English Language Learners,"
Journal of Multicultural Affairs: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/jma/vol2/iss1/3
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