Advanced Research Project- Stage 1 Work with your collaborating teacher to identify an opportunity for increasing equity in your

mathematics class. In other words, think about which students, if any, have low achievement levels on classroom or standardized mathematics assessments; OR which students, if any, rarely participate in mathematics class; OR which student do you feel unable to support fully for any number of potential reasons OR which topic will you be teaching in the coming semester that you know your students are particularly weak. One you identify a problem/lack of equity in the classroom, you will turn that problem into a question that you can research. Problem: One student in our class rarely participates. In all subject areas, it is common to get only a few sentences or questions answered. With a revamped math class, I am still seeing the lack of participation from this student. From what I have seen in the past, he is mathematically gifted. Concepts come easily to him but sometimes he is unable to communicate his level of understanding through explanations. He does not complete his homework - all subjects pertaining. When asked to talk to a neighbor to discuss how the problem was answered by them, he often does not talk because he did not attempt solving the problem. He does not raise his hand during math instruction and if he does participate, he is always one of the last students to complete. Question: How can I and/or my math CT motivate this student, or all of the class, to participate during math as well as give their complete effort? When problems are challenging and students want to give up because it is too hard for them, what end goal or reason can I give them to motivate them to follow through with the problem? What explicit benefit can I show them to completing their work?

9-10 pts: Very thoughtful & well written 6-8 pts: Complete and somewhat thoughtful 4-6 pts: Superficial and/or poorly written 0-4 pts: Incomplete