College of Education Publications and Scholarship
ORCID
Liza Bondurant: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8069-2382
Abstract
In this poster we’ll share a powerful classroom activity we designed that aims to broaden students’ definition of what a maths person looks like. We implemented this activity with Black and Latinx middle school students. We noticed a significant difference in students’ portraits with a simple intervention, exposing students to mathematicians from cultures who have historically been marginalized from maths spaces, specifically Black and Latinx mathematicians. These findings suggest that being introduced to mathematicians of color can help broaden students’ perceptions of who belongs in maths spaces and support students’ development of the confidence and skills they need to succeed in maths class and beyond.
Publisher
International Congress on Mathematical Education
Publication Date
2024
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Teacher Education and Leadership
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Bondurant, L., & McConchie, L., (2024). Drawing a positive mathematics identity: Portrait of a maths person. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Sydney, Australia. https://icme15.org/