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ERIC Number: EJ1472532
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 11
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
EISSN: EISSN-2330-0582
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Culturally Connecting Geometry through Storytelling
Heather A. Bleecker; Jacob Ascencio; Ely Goklish
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v118 n5 p346-356 2025
Teaching diverse student populations effectively requires implementing thoughtfully planned and flexible rich tasks and understanding a community's strengths so students can make meaningful connections to mathematics. Using a culturally relevant teaching approach can develop appropriate geometry vocabulary to support students in articulating their mathematical thinking clearly and accurately but also foster a student-centered classroom that prioritizes building students' agency. This article explores how one group of underrepresented students, Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation, had their needs met through a storytelling approach to teaching geometry. The authors share a culturally relevant, rich task designed to help students deeply engage with geometry by making connections between their lives and mathematical concepts through the integration of storytelling.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Montana
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