School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-2023
Abstract
In the U.S., state guidance to schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was politicized. We used state-level political affiliation to explore whether access to curricular resources differed pre-pandemic or during pandemic remote teaching and teachers' reported control over curricular resources during pandemic teaching. We found that pre-pandemic the percentage of teachers in Republican states reported higher levels of resources overall, and use of core and teacher-created curricular resources in particular. They also reported having greater control over their curricular decision-making during the pandemic. There were no state-level differences in teachers’ level of preparation for pandemic teaching, but teachers in Democrat states reported a greater proportion of their students had sufficient resources for online learning. We discuss the implications of these findings in terms of teacher control and state policies.
Recommended Citation
Baniahmadi, Mona, Bima Sapkota, and Amy M. Olson. 2023. “Elementary Mathematics Curriculum: State Policy, COVID-19, and Teachers’ Control.” In Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2:282–90. University of Nevada, Reno.
Publication Title
Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
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