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Our team is creating collaborative spaces that encourage students to express their ideas and develop their identities in math. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Project Origins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Mathematical Thinkers Like Me project builds on the work of the Virtual Math Team (VMT) project of The Math Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Videos about the project and executive functions in practice, plus you can meet some of our amazing students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Teacher Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meet the amazing teachers who are making this happen in their classrooms in Newark, New Jersey, and Vista, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Research & Development Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’re researchers in psychology and math education, curriculum writers, and software developers located at Rutgers-Newark, Swarthmore College, the 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, and the University of Sydney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Activity Design Principles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A padlet about the goals we have for the collaborative activities that students interact with in Virtual Math Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Activity Before and After<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What’s it look like when we adapt a standalone Desmos activity for the VMT Environment? Check out this Google doc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Funder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EF+Math is an advanced research and development (R&D) program that funds and supports teams of educators, researchers, and developers to co-create rigorous math learning approaches that improve learning outcomes and affirm the brilliance of Black and Latinx students and students experiencing poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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