  {"id":4283,"date":"2024-11-01T14:40:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T14:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/?page_id=4283"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:51:51","slug":"speaker-series-session-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/speaker-series-session-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Series Session 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trusting All Students As Sensemakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/10\/Lambert_SpeakerSeries.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4227\" style=\"width:283px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/10\/Lambert_SpeakerSeries.png 600w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/10\/Lambert_SpeakerSeries-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/10\/Lambert_SpeakerSeries-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Rachel Lambert<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 8, 2025 (7:00-8:00 EDT)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> All students, including and especially neurodiverse and disabled students, have mathematical gifts. Instead of designing for these students based on student deficits, we will investigate beginning with strengths using neurodiversity. We will explore how teachers create the conditions for mathematical sensemaking for all students, focusing on the creative work of teachers to make mathematics more accessible to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/equity_divider1-1024x80.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\" style=\"width:525px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/equity_divider1-1024x80.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/equity_divider1-300x24.png 300w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/equity_divider1-768x60.png 768w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/equity_divider1-1536x120.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/equity_divider1-2048x161.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/11\/RethinkingDisabilityAndMathematics.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4295\" style=\"width:206px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/11\/RethinkingDisabilityAndMathematics.jpeg 717w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/11\/RethinkingDisabilityAndMathematics-210x300.jpeg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Rachel Lambert<\/strong> is an associate professor in special education and mathematics education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before becoming a professor, she worked for more than 10 years as both a special education and a general education inclusion teacher in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Dr. Lambert researches how students of color with disabilities construct identities as math learners and the role of emotions in mathematics. She also researches UDL in the area of mathematics, as well as neurodiversity in mathematics. Her goal is to increase access to meaningful mathematics for students with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trusting All Students As Sensemakers<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rachel Lambert<\/p>\n<p>April 8, 2025 (7:00-8:00 EDT)<\/p>\n<p>Description: All students, including and especially neurodiverse and disabled students, have mathematical gifts. Instead of designing for these students based on student deficits, we will investigate beginning with strengths using neurodiversity. We will explore how teachers create the conditions for mathematical sensemaking for all students, focusing on the creative work of teachers to make mathematics more accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Lambert is an associate professor in special education and mathematics education at the University of California,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/speaker-series-session-5\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"2196,2073,1834,1979,3304,218","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speaker Series Session 5 - Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/mathequityforum\/speaker-series-session-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speaker Series Session 5 - Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trusting All Students As Sensemakers      Dr. Rachel Lambert  April 8, 2025 (7:00-8:00 EDT)  Description: All students, including and especially neurodiverse and disabled students, have mathematical gifts. 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