Zandra de Araujo

Looking for strategies to tap in to the mathematical brilliance of multilingual students? Learn how to equitably engage students in your classroom.

Learn more about Zandra de Araujo's @zandrade.bsky.social How To Teach Math To English Learners online workshop at grassrootsworkshops.com/wor...

Our new book on incremental PD in #MathEd is available. The PDF version is free but the hardcover is oh-so-nice!

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Our editorial (@zandrade.bsky.social , Amber Candela) not only summarizes the special issue but also lays out some of our concerns with past PD efforts, which we characterize as transformational PD, and depicts our approach to nudge-based incremental PD. #MathEd

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Two Simple Nudges: Engage Students and Empower Learning Increase engagement in your classroom with simple nudges like Pivot and Going Downhill. Pivot by switching instructional formats to re-energize students mid-lesson. Use Going Downhill to tackle challenging homework problems in class, maximizing peer and teacher support.

Two Simple Nudges: Engage Students and Empower Learning

Increase engagement in your classroom with simple nudges like Pivot and Going Downhill. Pivot by switching instructional formats to re-energize students mid-lesson. Use Going Downhill to tackle challenging homework problems in class,…

Instructional Nudges: The Core of Practice-Driven Professional Development In September 2021, the PDPD project was launched to enhance teacher professional development through personalized instructional nudges. These manageable teaching actions aim to improve relevance and accessibility in PD, particularly in algebra. The focus is on tailored strategies that fit into existing practices, fostering impactful changes in teaching and student learning outcomes.

Instructional Nudges: The Core of Practice-Driven Professional Development

In September 2021, the PDPD project was launched to enhance teacher professional development through personalized instructional nudges. These manageable teaching actions aim to improve relevance and accessibility in PD,…

Data-Driven Equity: R&D Platforms for Math Learning SXSW EDU 2025 Schedule | The math classroom is essential in developing foundational skills for career readiness and understanding the world. But, for many students, the subject can feel complicated an...

Today's the day! Be part of the discussion at #SXSWEDU as we explore groundbreaking R&D platforms and their impact on students and educators. I hope to see you there!

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So excited for this panel next week! Curious about how data transforms math education? Learn about impactful tools, best practices, and new opportunities for innovation at our #SXSWEDU panel! Check out the session here: schedule.sxswedu.com/2025/events/...

UF publishes best practices for improving math education in the new year The list was compiled after a ten-week listening tour with students, teachers and parents across the state.

A nice little write up of the Listening Tour. If you listen to the story you’ll hear a brief clip of me. 😀 www.cfpublic.org/education/20...

Our set of brief reports will be available next week & one way we are disseminating findings to Summit attendees is with these little key chains. It was super fun to dream it up & see them come alive, they even have QR codes to audio clips from the Listening Tour. Excited for a great day Thursday!

Last year we went on a Listening Tour around Florida to hear what folks had to say about math education. It was fun & educational and spurred many good follow-up convos & activities. Thursday (12-12-24), we'll share the final findings in Tampa at our Summit. lastinger.center.ufl.edu/research/lis...

What Math? - Mathematically Educated I have been a part of many conversations around mathematics teaching and whether or not this or that perspective of teaching mathematics has merit or not. Before we get into what approach to teaching ...

Stumbled back across this lovely post from @zandrade.bsky.social mathematicallyeducated.com/2023/03/11/w...

Thanks for sharing! I’m still framing conversations with policy makers and others around this idea and there is lots of work to do! With the rise in AI-based tech resources in the classroom I think it’s even more important to discuss and push developers to share their ideas of what math.

YouTube video by Two-Minute Teacher's Guide What Are Variables? - Algebra 1 - Two-Minute Teacher's Guide

B4 I get to our PDPD Nudges, I thought I'd share a few of my fave videos from Two-Minute Teacher's Guide. This one is on variables & I think we did a good job highlighting some common challenges with variables and the various uses of letters and symbols in math. youtu.be/qpCUbB_2Vv4 #ITeachMath

Toward Intersectional Understandings of Gender in Mathematics Education In this chapter, we present findings from a review of gender research in mathematics education since the last edition of the International Handbook on Mathematics Education in 2013 through 2021. We id...

📚 New Publication: Research Handbook Chapter 💻

One strand of my research focuses on how gender & sexuality in STEM ed can be studied intersectionally. In a new handbook chapter, Mahtab Nazemi & I present a review of math ed research on gender published in 2013-2021.

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Two-Minute Teacher's Guide

Over the past few years, Me, @ottensam.bsky.social & Amber Candela have had a fun project, Practice-Driven PD (PDPD). We've made 18 instructional nudges for PDPD (& more to come). I'll share them soon, but 1st, here's me & Sam's prior project that inspired PDPD #ITeachMath twominuteteachersguide.com