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Culturally relevant mathematics teaching engages students by deepening their understanding of math and connecting it to their lives and communities. This approach provides a pathway to enhance learning, yet many teachers struggle to find and implement effective math tasks. Engaging in Culturally Relevant Math Tasks assists educators in designing inspiring learning experiences through high-quality tasks that resonate with students' realities. Aimed at empowering all students to view themselves as capable mathematicians, this resource offers practical guidance and tools for creating culturally relevant, standards-based tasks. It outlines a process for developing these tasks, including asking, imagining, planning, creating, and refining. The book presents strategies for preservice, novice, and veteran teachers to enhance their practice daily. It emphasizes research-based teaching methods framed within culturally relevant instruction, promoting deep conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge, fluency, and application in 6-12 math content. With examples, milestones, reflection opportunities, and discussion questions, educators are encouraged to strengthen their practices and reimagine math instruction. This resource is ideal for any educator seeking to teach mathematics authentically and inclusively, particularly those working with culturally diverse students.

This book helps teachers to design and refine inspiring mathematics learning experiences driven by the kind of high-quality and culturally relevant mathematics tasks that connect students to their world.