Shifts in Mathematics Teacher "Noticing": Video Club as Tool for Supporting Attention to Student Language

• In Event: Professional Development School Research

Abstract

This project identifies patterns among mathematics educators’ attention to students’ use of language to express their ideas. Given the need for students and teachers to communicate across increasingly divergent cultural and linguistic norms, the ultimate objective of this work is to enhance the context, conditions, design and efficacy of professional learning for math teachers expected to integrate language learning into their professional practice. This paper emerges from data gathered in a larger research study addressing persistent gaps in Algebra 1 pass rates and scores, in particular for multilingual learners. We use “Video Club” (Jilk, 2016), a structured protocol used by groups of teachers to analyze and tag video clips of their own classroom instruction, with a focus on language-supportive instruction.

Authors

• Vinci Daro, ConnectED: The National Center for College and Career
  Presenting Author

• Kiera NP Chase, ConnectED: The National Center of College and Career
  Presenting Author