User talk:Kellyflips

Hi my name is Kelly and I am looking forward to working on articles having to do with Achievement Gap in the United States, Anti-Racism in mathematics teaching, Multicultural Education, and Progressive Education. Kellyflips (talk) 01:24, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

I like where you are heading but these are still pretty well-developed pages (except for anti-racism in math teaching). Let's talk in class to narrow to a specific contribution you can make. Ajungle (talk) 17:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hey Kelly! I looked over the page you have been working on and I have a few suggestions for you. I like the organization and format you have for your page. It would be helpful however if the introductory section was a little more clear or specific about what the issue was. I could glean there was some social issue associated with it, but I didn't really get a grasp on what the subject or issue was. Could there be a few sentences that clarify what the problem is and who it affects? Interculturalcomm.student.7069 (talk) 18:48, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions! I've added a few paragraphs explaining some of the things you mentioned :) Kellyflips (talk) 00:29, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

sandbox information

This information has been in my sandbox for a while and ive added most of it to my page. I just wanted to get it out there so others can see where i wanted to go as well.

I am planing on working on and contributing to the article Anti-racism in mathematics teaching. one thing that i would like to add is some teaching strategies that will help to create an environment in the classroom that is comfortable for all races and cultures. Such strategies for this include making the classroom feel like a community to encourage students to work together, and teachers educating themselves on the different cultures and the ways that different races learn and respond to certain teaching strategies. ^[1] ^[2]

I would also like to explore the ideas behind ethnomathematicsand the ideas behind that. Also, i would like to explore how teachers can use the ideas and facts about ethnomathematics in order to make their classrooms a comfortable place for everyone. Ethnomathematics has to do with how math is done in different cultures and i think that by understanding how math is similar or different in these different cultures can help teachers to be able to do their job better. Mathematics is also extremely similar in all cultures and math teachers can use this to their advantage as well.

lastly I would like to explore the ideas behind teaching the history of mathematics being taught in the classroom to help students know that math came from many different cultures and countries through the earths history. This can also help with racism in the classroom because it will help both students and teachers alike to not form stereotypes and prejudices about how good or bad a certian culture is at mathematics. It may just simply be that one culture puts more of an emphasis on mathematics than another.Kellyflips (talk) 20:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Kellyflips (talk) 00:31, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

[1]
Joseph, G. G. (n.d.). The politics of anti-racist mathematics.
[2]
David. L. Haley., Capard. M. Robert. (2010). Strategies for Teaching in Heterogeneous Environments while Building a Classroom Community. Effective Strategies for Diverse Settings. 122 (1)80-86.

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