What counts as meaningful algebra? Who is supported to learn algebra meaningfully? I’m excited to share a compilation of research and practice through the visual strategy of sketchnotes in a forthcoming book. Please reach out for inquiries about workshops and events. Fonger, N. L. (2024). Making algebra meaningful: A visual approach to math literacy forContinue reading “What is algebra?”
Category Archives: Education
Data Warriors Safe Communities Event
Join us! All are welcome at this free, family friendly event on Saturday Dec. 2 from 2:30-4:30 pm at SALT Space 103 Wyoming St. Syracuse. Highlights: free food, a dj, giveaways, guest speakers, interactive displays by high school studentsĀ and teachers and SU students and faculty Signup here: https://bit.ly/DataWarriorsDec2 The Data Warriors focus on education andContinue reading “Data Warriors Safe Communities Event”
“It was meaningful because…”
“It was meaningful because this is now my home” – research, design, and evaluation of meaningful math lessons at the undergraduate level. A zine.
Syracuse Truth Seekers June 10 2023 Lead Poisoning Prevention Event
Join us at the Nottingham H.S. Courtyard (3100 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY) on June 10, 2023 from Noon-2PM for a Youth-Centered Education and Advocacy Event focused on Lead Poisoning Prevention in Syracuse. What? We will have free food, music, and hands-on activities! Youth, teachers, students, and professors will showcase educational posters, maps, hands-on activities,Continue reading “Syracuse Truth Seekers June 10 2023 Lead Poisoning Prevention Event”
Cultivating math genius.
How do you cultivate students’ math genius? Through intentional designs for learning that build skills from students’ identities, that grow intellect and criticality, and that spark joy.
A Sense of Place.
Teachers, students, education leaders, and researchers in Syracuse, NY came together at Cafe Sankofa on May 7, 2022 for “A Sense of Place” event.
Evoking Emotion in a Math Lesson.
This post features the images and prompt that high school math teachers used to engage students in evoking emotion in a math lesson on highway revitalization in Syracuse, NY.
The Antiracist Algebra Coalition.
In this post I answer 5 key questions: 1. What was the initial process of forming the Antiracist Algebra Coalition like? 2. How did my ideas become reality? 3. Did you receive support from any of your colleagues or the university? 4. What sparked your interest in starting “The Antiracist Algebra Coalition”? 5. What areContinue reading “The Antiracist Algebra Coalition.”
What is Community-Engaged Scholarship?
I like to think of the “work” of linking research and practice along a continuum. This continuum may have at one extreme <use-inspired> research and at the ether, <community-engaged scholarship>. For me, I’ve learned from folks in the humanities and public scholars and artists, that community-engaged scholarship is intentional in disrupting power dynamics. Sometimes asContinue reading “What is Community-Engaged Scholarship?”
What is our work?
What is the work of the antiracist algebra coalition? This post features a zine of our ongoing work, a moment in time to capture our thinking about priorities and directions for action.
Nicole L. Fonger 