Partnering With Diverse Parents for Improved Mathematics Practices

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 28
  In Roundtable Session: The Role of Parent Involvement in Academic and Social-Behavioral Functioning in Elementary School Settings

Abstract

The Common Core State Standards initiative calls on parents to support professional educators’ efforts for improving student academic achievement; however, we have yet to examine how to best support parents in achieving this goal. This study addresses this need by examining a mathematics intervention that aimed to increase participating parents’ awareness of the Common Core State Standards for the Mathematical Practices (CCSS-MP). The intervention consisted of five mathematics workshops designed as part of a collaboration between a community organization and a teacher educator. Three parent-child dyads were video recorded solving “rich” mathematics tasks before and after the intervention. Results indicated that parent-child dyads engaged in a greater variety of the CCSS-MP after the intervention. Implications for parent education are discussed.

Author

• Charmaine Mangram, University of Hawaii - Manoa