Challenges and Successes in Early-Grades Mathematics Education in Low-Income Contexts

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session will present and explore core areas of international research in and about mathematics education in low-income contexts, highlighting the particular challenges faced in these environments and approaches that have been developed and used in an attempt to address these challenges. The session will examine research from policy to classroom interactions, including system-level and classroom-based assessment, teacher knowledge and learning, teacher initiated curriculum adaptations, and recommendations for future research. The papers and the concluding discussion will include reflection on cross-context learning that can arise from this growing body of research.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Wendi D.S. Ralaingita, RTI International

Papers

• Mathematics Assessment in Low-Resource Countries - Deepa Srikantaiah, Global Partnership for Education

• Teachers' Use of Formative Assessment Data: Challenges and Opportunities - Lindsey Perry, Southern Methodist University; Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Southern Methodist University

• Teacher Knowledge and Beliefs: Challenges and Opportunities in Low-Resource Countries - Wendi D.S. Ralaingita, RTI International

• Indigenous Mathematics: The Concept of Probability in the Inuit Culture - Annie Savard, McGill University

• 25 Years of Mathematics Teaching in the Classroom: Recommendations for the Field - Linda Michele Platas, San Francisco State University