Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

How do we design math tasks that honor who students are and push them to think deeply? In this asession, we’ll explore what it means to create culturally relevant tasks that also promote high cognitive demand in a Thinking Classroom. Grounded in the ICUCARE® Equity Framework, this session will offer strategies for designing tasks that affirm identity, activate prior knowledge, and engage all students as capable mathematical thinkers. Come ready to rethink what rigor looks like—and who it’s for.