Math Curriculum

Reimagining and Amplifying Mathematics Participation, Understanding, and Practices

 

Reimagining and Amplifying Mathematics Participation, Understanding, and Practices (RAMPUP) is a three-week summer bridge course for rising ninth graders that underwent a rigorous experimental trial in Summer 2024.

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RAMPUP seeks to engage English Learners, alongside all of their classmates, in exploring cross-cutting concepts that span the domains of high school mathematics: algebra, geometry, and statistics.

RAMPUP has been iteratively developed across two summers and three districts, to increase the usability, feasibility, and educative nature of materials for mathematics teachers of English Learners.

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The following are some resources created during the development of RAMPUP:

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• Redefining Approaches for Engaging English Learners with Mathematical Ideas: In this teacher practice brief, we explore why definitions are important, how they are currently implemented, and how teachers can engage students in generating, refining, and testing mathematical definitions.
   

• Varying the Intensity of Scaffolding with English Learners: In this article published in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K-12, we explore how teachers can intentionally vary groupings, structure, and language while maintaining a rich and rigorous prompt to challenge and support English Learners.
   

• Educative Curriculum Materials for English Learners: In this book chapter, we outline design principles both for student-facing and teacher-facing materials in secondary mathematics, with a focus on supporting English Learners.
   

• Supporting English Learners by the Use of Patterns: In this article published by the California Mathematics Council’s ComMuniCator journal, we describe a lesson that has English Learners engaged in exploring and extending patterns.
   

• All Sorts of Quality Interactions with English Learners: In this article published in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K-12, we explore how teachers can design sorting tasks to engage English Learners in quality interactions for different purposes as students are beginning to explore a concept, exploring it deeply, and then extending their understanding to new cases.

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• To access RAMPUP modules that include teacher manuals and student materials, please click here.