Where do they all belong?
Teaching math for belonging
Keywords:
At-risk youth, mathematics education, inquiry projectAbstract
This paper presents an inquiry project by Danny, a high school mathematics teacher from Israel, who aimed to build a sense of belonging in at-risk youth by connecting the mathematics curriculum to the students’ lives and interests. The project focused on improving students’ performance on the matriculation exam through the three types of belonging: formal, social, and cognitive. An example of a Desmos activity is presented to illustrate the potential of inquiry projects to build cognitive belonging in at-risk youth.
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