Minority students may get left behind in efforts to build an empowered mindset around math. However, education leaders from Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia want to change that possibility across ...
It's no secret that math is a subject many find challenging, possibly even intimidating. Too often, we hear both adults and students openly proclaim themselves as "bad at math," stating they "just can ...
#10: How we created a growth mindset in math Catherine Castillo December 18, 2019 When standardized test scores revealed students’ lack of number sense, one district examined its instructional ...
The idea that math is a natural-born talent—that some people just “get it,” and others won’t no matter the time and effort put in—is a mentality that researchers and schools have been challenging for ...
It's been more than 30 years since psychologist Carol Dweck introduced "growth mindset"—the psychological and motivational effects of believing that a person's ability in any domain is not fixed but ...
For many years, I secretly worked on my research. I say “secretly” because, once upon a time, researchers simply published their research in professional journals—and there it stayed. However, my ...