Kids Math Talk
Children are listening and learning from everything we say. The goal of the Kids Math Talk Podcast is to give parents and educators practical tips and insights that will deepen mathematical understanding while also encouraging the conversation about math to remain active and positive.
Kids Math Talk
How Are You Positioning Multilingual Students? Empowering Math Learners - An Interview with Kathryn Chval
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Season 3
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Episode 31
The Math education world talks a lot about positioning students for success, but What exactly is positioning? Turns out that the definition of positioning in the education world is not just about the physical location of one student versus another.
Host Desiree Harrison interviews Dr. Kathryn Chval, highlighting the book, Teaching Math to Multilingual Students, Grades K-8: Positioning English Learners for Success, that she co-authored.
Topics Explored:
1. What is positioning theory and how does it relate to education?
2. Strategies for positioning multilingual learners to success
3. Behaviors to avoid