Haley's Second Year Math Reflections

Problem-Solving, Real-Life, Inclusion, and Collaboration https://pixabay.com/en/school-back-to-school-education-2596090/ "Back to School" by Simisi1 Last week my blog post focused on math myths, misconceptions, stereotypes, and how math contributes to brain growth. This week’s online module as well as class activities, lesson, and discussions, included great talk about growth mindset as well, but allowed me to experience growth mindset. During the first Settler activity we did in class, I was initially anxious as my “mental” math skills have never been relatively strong. However, it was stressed that it was more the process of the activity than the final answer that mattered. I knew that my effort would be celebrated rather than how fast or how effectively I came to the answer. When taking on this mindset I started having more fun, became more confident, and actually improved with each new equation. This really made it clear to me that the strategy is mu...

August 20 2016. "Growth Mindset" http://natecooper.co/2016/08/territorial-versus-action-mindset/10-growth-mindset-statements/ This week we did an online module that focused on math myths, misconceptions, stereotypes, and how math contributes to brain growth. A lot of what I viewed in the videos aligned with my feelings surrounding math or misunderstandings surrounding math that I witnessed during my educational experiences leading up to teacher’s college. Some examples include, math being only for boys, math being only for “math people”, math only necessary for careers focused on math, or math not helping you in life after school. This line of thinking can be described as a fixed mindset . This can mean shying away from the challenge or believing that you are either good or bad at math. Furthermore, if you are a “math person” you'll do well, but if you don't get it, there is no point in even trying. During our minds on in Friday’s class, we disc...