Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Stanford Report, April 17, 2015


Stanford professor designs mathematics and mindset boost for teachers and students across the nation Math, too often, gets a bad rap. Many people say it's hard and confusing, that you either get it or you don't, and it's so–not-fun.

But it doesn't have to be this way, argues Stanford Graduate School of EducationProfessor Jo Boaler, who has designed a new program for teachers to help them inspire young learners and engage them more deeply in math.

The program, called the "Week of Inspirational Math," provides teachers with five lessons (one for each school day) to incorporate in their classrooms. The lessons include fun and engaging math problems as well as videos with positive messages about math.

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