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If you think you are ‘just not a math person’ then think again
psyche.co/ideas/if-you-think-y…
"By bringing mathematics into familiar, low-stakes situations, where the focus is on practical application and curiosity rather than performance, individuals can build more confidence in their use of it."
#MathEducation #MathEd #Teaching #EdDev #STEMeducation
psyche.co/ideas/if-you-think-y…
"By bringing mathematics into familiar, low-stakes situations, where the focus is on practical application and curiosity rather than performance, individuals can build more confidence in their use of it."
#MathEducation #MathEd #Teaching #EdDev #STEMeducation
If you think you are ‘just not a math person’ then think again
Understanding how mathematics anxiety takes root points to ways to overcome it, opening up new opportunities and pastimesNathan T T Lau (Psyche Magazine)
The illusion of attendance: a critical study of large-class lectures tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
"low demands placed on staff and students in transmissive lectures encourage an ‘illusion of attendance’ – in which assumptions of learning from, and physical attendance at, large-class lectures are greater than empirical data evidence"
#EdDev #Teaching #STEMeducation #HealthEd
"low demands placed on staff and students in transmissive lectures encourage an ‘illusion of attendance’ – in which assumptions of learning from, and physical attendance at, large-class lectures are greater than empirical data evidence"
#EdDev #Teaching #STEMeducation #HealthEd
Is calculus an addiction that college admissions officers can’t shake?
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Calculus has been used to filter out students for decades. Example: Calculus for a New Century: A Pump, Not a Filter (1987) eric.ed.gov/?id=ED300252
85% of calculus exam questions just involve rote memorization link.springer.com/article/10.1…
#MathEd #HigherEd #STEMEducation
hechingerreport.org/proof-poin…
Calculus has been used to filter out students for decades. Example: Calculus for a New Century: A Pump, Not a Filter (1987) eric.ed.gov/?id=ED300252
85% of calculus exam questions just involve rote memorization link.springer.com/article/10.1…
#MathEd #HigherEd #STEMEducation
Is calculus an addiction that college admissions officers can’t shake?
A new survey of 133 college admissions officers, released Dec. 9, demonstrates how high school calculus has become a proxy for academic rigor.Jill Barshay (The Hechinger Report)
