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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)
I've been thinking about this for ages, but never had the time to craft the words around it.
People keep saying that "Maths should be fun" ... and I push back with "It should be engaging ... 'fun' is a different thing.
So @rakhichawla has posted pretty much exactly this, but better than I ever could.
I'm copying it here with permission.
Please read this, then as it says at the end ... let's have a deeper conversation about this ...
1/n
(PS: I'd love this to get boosted to get outside my bubble ... you're all amazing, but there will be other opinions, and other thoughts that could be helpful or valuable)
Hashtags: #MathEd #MathsEd #MathEdChat #MathsEdChat #MathChat #MathsChat #MTBoS #TMWYK
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…
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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)
