In the fall of 2023, we were asked to revisit a presentation that we gave in 2017 that addresses the productive struggle and shame in the mathematics classroom. The presentation starts with an overview of productive struggle incorporating research on the shame-pride axis and equitable mathematics teaching. Teacher-leaders will be Read more…
This workshop at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in New Orleans, started out with an overview of productive struggle incorporating research on the shame-pride axis and equitable mathematics teaching. The teachers were shown how to reposition struggle, minimize shame, and foster students identifying themselves as doers Read more…
In September of 2021, my colleagues, Ann Monroe and Candies Cook, and I, were to present our work at the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference and the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Atlanta, GA. Both events were canceled and we were Read more…
Educational consultant and podcaster, Steve Barkley recorded a conversation with Candies Cook, Ann Monroe, and myself because he came across our article, Shame, Shame, Go Away: Fostering Productive Struggle with Mathematics, in the Kappa Delta Pi Record, and saw it as something teachers needed to hear about as the consider Read more…
In the wake of COVID-19, educational consultant and podcaster, Steve Barkley has been put together a series of podcast episodes to help parents better serve the educational needs of their children during remote instruction. Recently he recorded a conversation with Candies Cook, Ann Monroe, and myself because he came across Read more…
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. Wilma Rudolph When I arrived on campus at the University of Mississippi in Fall of 2011, I had a meeting with my boss, Dr. David Rock, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi, to talk Read more…