Math Messaging Classifier
This model classifies math-related statements into one of the 7 messaging recommendations from The Math Narrative Project:
1. ELEVATE STUDENT AGENCY – Focus on students’ ownership, emotions, and lived experiences in learning math.
2. ACKNOWLEDGE REAL-WORLD CONTEXT – Empathize with real challenges students and families face.
3. ACKNOWLEDGE EMOTIONS IN MATH LEARNING – Normalize emotions like frustration and show how they’re part of learning.
4. MAKE MATH RELEVANT – Highlight how math connects to real-life goals, careers, and futures.
5. AFFIRM THE VALUE OF MISTAKES – Frame mistakes as essential to growth and learning.
6. ENCOURAGE HELP-SEEKING – Promote the confidence and strategies needed to ask for help.
7. REFRAME STRUGGLE AND CAPABILITY – Show that struggle means you’re growing, not failing.