Doug HoltonJun 24, 2024
Contextualizing math courses to improve #StudentSuccess & #Retention
"Math ends the education careers of thousands of #CommunityCollege students. A few schools are trying something new"
https://hechingerreport.org/math-ends-the-education-careers-of-thousands-of-community-college-students-a-few-schools-are-trying-something-new/
Cites "Facilitating Student Learning Through Contextualization" https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/facilitating-student-learning-contextualization.html
#MathEd #EdPsy #EdDev #SituatedLearning
Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new

Math is a giant hurdle for community college students pursuing career and technical degrees.

The Hechinger Report
Jens BrandtNov 11, 2022

An introduction and collection of #s

I work on how the #urban can be a source of #political #transformation

My methods/tools are #ActionResearch #psychogeography #PervasiveGames #mapping #UrbanDesign

I use concepts from #SituationistInternational #henrilefebvre #hannaharendt #walterbenjamin #chantalmouffe #davidgraeber #bellhooks #paulofreire

Research into #municipalism #ArabSpring #OccupyMovement #SituatedLearning #affect #intersectionality #echolocation #SoundArt

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Doug HoltonNov 10, 2022
Stories of Algebra https://sites.google.com/view/stories-of-algebra
Students create & solve math problems related to their career interests (#SituatedLearning).
Candace Walkington et al. used the free ASSISTments platform for #FormativeAssessment & #AdaptiveLearning: https://new.assistments.org/
#ClosedAccess article just published: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0020739X.2022.2128458
Similar #OpenAccess article by the same authors: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dw5aBadszlPrEV4uvZEDH1l0jK1WvWXU/view
#MathEducation
Stories of Algebra

"Stories of Algebra" is a series or activities in the ASSISTments platform where students pose, solve, and share algebra problems related to their interests. We have created an experience where students receive activities personalized to their career interests (e.g., healthcare, IT), and/or

Arushi Manners (she/her) 🌱Nov 5, 2022

Hi, I'm #NewHere

If you could share your research interests in just five hashtags, what would they be?

Here are mine
#DesignThinking #LearningSciences #TraumaInformed #TeacherEducation #SituatedLearning

Be sure to use pascal case so that hashtags can be read easily by screen readers (for example, InclusivePedagogy and not inclusivepedagogy)