Evidence that has emerged in recent years helps students engage with Common Core mathematics and helps teachers prepare for Common Core teaching. In this webinar, Professor Jo Boaler will translate this new research on the brain and math learning into strategies to help math students find success with and enjoy mathematics. Learn powerful new teaching techniques that you can use with your students right away.
Overview
Syllabus
**Please refer to the following student and teacher video clips at 38:27 and :
Webinar Video Clip - Students: http://youtu.be/HRDHqFRKyAk
Webinar Video Clip - Teachers: http://youtu.be/9c8e_OmeJUE
Introduction
Hello and welcome
The myth of mathematics
Carol Dweck, 2006, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck: Mindset
Important implications for equity
Teaching Mathematics for a Growth Mindset, 5 key strategies
The 2 most critical changes needed in US Mathematics
The importance of mathematical discussions
Assessment and Grading
How to run a participation
Growth Mindset Task Framework
Being a Skeptic
Folding Problem Driscoll, Fostering Geometric Thinking A Guide for Teachers Grades 5-10, 2007
Extending Tasks The Staircase Problem
Alonzo's extension
Strategy 3 Extending Tasks
Mistakes strategies 4: Crumpled paper
Mistakes strategy 5: Brains From Kim Hollowell, Vista Unified
The Future
Taught by
Stanford Online
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4.9 rating, based on 8 Class Central reviews
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Manya MiglaniIt's a nice program for a primary Math teacher. I have learned a lot. Please put some techniques which can be added to enhance student's Mental Math. Thanks -
Sheida MorshediIt was good and I as a teacher in primaryschool learn lots ofthings,but it could be better if it was longer and speak in more detail. -
It was a a very good session.it was useful. especially the knowledge of fixed mindset and growth mind set. The host was amazing to explain us about it .Also the strategies to teach the students with different mindset was useful.i would definitely make use of this idea of grouping the students into a number groups and have them solve the problem .it was an amazing session. thank you
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It was massively successful and beneficial.
I really got benefits attending this course.
Mathematics became one of the most valuable subjects. So it’s important to discuss and learn different techniques in teaching mathematics. -
Thank you so much! The mathematical course was helpful, I learn different strategies in teaching math and how I can use these strategies to let all students with different levels to understand the lesson easily.
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Thanks alot .it is very useful for math teachers.it gives great mathematics teaching ideas which make it easy to deliver information to students in a very easy and interesting way
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