Bold Mathematics Leaders: Leadership Actions for

Culturally Relevant Teaching in Mathematics Education

Culturally Relevant Task Modification Form

● Select a stage 1 task that you would like to modify. You may use the
websites below to help you select a problem. Type your problem into the
stage 1 task box.
● Change your stage 1 task to a stage 2 task by adding names that are meaningful
to your students. Place your revised task in the stage 2 task box.
● Change your stage 2 task to a stage 3 task by changing the context to one that is
meaningful to your students. Place your revised task in the stage 3 task box.
● Change your stage 3 task to a stage 4 task by adding questions that help
empower your students to use the mathematics they learned as a tool for
change. Place your revised task in the stage 4 task box.
● Answer the following questions on your form: This task may act as a mirror for
which group of students? This task may act as a window for which group of
students?

Stage 1 Task: Start with a good standards-aligned math tasks

Sources for Standards-based Math Tasks

● Illustrative Math Curriculum
● Engage NY
● Achieve the Core
● Youcubed

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Stage 2 Task: Replace names with ones that are meaningful to your students

Sources for adding names that are meaningful to students

● Students’ names, especially those who are interested in the context of the
problems
● Names of teachers, faculty, and staff that are familiar to the students
● Names of your school, school mascot, sports teams, clubs, or organizations
● Names of streets, neighborhoods, local landmarks, and communities familiar to
your students

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Stage 3 Task: Replace context with one that is engaging to your students

Sources for Engaging Contexts

● Current Events
● Pop Culture
● Black, Asian, Hispanic, Women’s, etc. History
● Local History
● Beyond Banneker: Black Mathematicians and the Paths to Excellence
● Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
● Biographies of Women Mathematicians
● Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians

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Stage 4 Task: Empower your students to be agents of change

Sources for Social Justice Contexts

● Engaging in Culturally Relevant Math Tasks: Fostering Hope in the Elementary
Classroom
● Mathematics Teachers’ Use of the Culturally Relevant Cognitively Demanding
Mathematics Task Framework and Rubric in the Classroom
● Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers
● Radical Math

Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors

1. This task may act as a mirror for which group of students?

2. This task may act as a window for which group of students?

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