Making Math Memorable
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Date: February 19, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: Region 7 ESC Workshop: #341518
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Making Math Memorable: Transforming the “I CAN’T” to “I CAN”
Reframing the math mindset starts with shifting the narrative from “I CAN’T do math” to “I CAN do math.” Join us on February 19 as we dive into strategies and practices that foster confidence, curiosity, and memorable learning experiences in math education. Together, we’ll explore ways to connect real-world applications and personal experiences, creating meaningful moments of discovery for both students and educators. Reflect on your own math journey and learn how to empower your students to reflect on theirs in a way that makes math truly memorable.
What to Expect:
- Inspiring Keynotes: Hear from thought leaders who will guide you in reframing the math mindset for yourself and your students.
- Engaging Breakout Sessions: Explore hands-on activities, strategies, and tools that make math relatable and impactful.
- Real-World Connections: Discover ways to integrate real-life applications into your lessons to bring math to life.
- Collaborative Discussions: Network with fellow educators to share insights and experiences that build lasting memories in math education.
Are you ready to transform the math mindset in your classroom and empower your students to say, “I CAN do math”? Register today and join us in making math memorable!
Dr. Sarah Powell is a Professor in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin and Associate Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. Her research, teaching, and service focus on mathematics, particularly for students who experience mathematics differently.
Powell is currently Principal Investigator (PI) of an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) efficacy grant (RAAMPS) related to word-problem solving at Grade 4. Powell is also PI of SPIRAL, an IES grant which works collaboratively with Grade 4 and 5 teachers who provide mathematics instruction to students with mathematics difficulty. Powell is Co-PI of STAIR 2.0 (funded by IES) in which the team works with middle school special education math teachers and SCALE (funded by the US Department of Education) in which the team is replicating a fraction intervention in Grades 4-8. Powell collaborates on Math Words, an IES development grant about mathematics vocabulary. She also assists with a word-problem project funded as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to Querium. To help create the next generation of researchers focused on mathematics, Powell is PI of a doctoral leadership grant (LIME) funded by Office of Special Education Programs. Powell was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2019.
Powell understands all of these efforts are a team effort, and she thanks her project leads, graduate students, research assistants, and research collaborators as well as the teachers and students who participate in these projects.
More information coming soon!
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