Math: Growth Mindsets
Math educators continue to share the importance of generating positive math experiences for students by offering one-on-one support and promoting a growth mindset.
- “…Just yesterday a student said ‘I probably wouldn’t have done any math if we didn’t have these meetings’. Met once a week 1 on 1- worth the time & worth the investment. Ended with an A, he just needed motivation!” —High School Math Teacher
- “A win today: I heard three students at the end of class saying that math is fun.” —Post-Secondary Education Instructor in California
- “We often draw stick figures in the margins or journals and have them say little math affirmations like I love math, math is fun, Ooooo look an equation, math is magical, etc.” —Teacher in California
- “My goal: To make this school a better place for students to learn and to feel success in math. That has always been my goal, and everything I have done this past year has been with that goal in mind.” —High School Math Teacher in Illinois
- “Love this. Spent time at our (math) dept. mtg today thinking about our goals for our students & what we can do to help them on their journey.” —High School Math Teacher in Massachusetts
- “These are the kinds of promises that made my heart so happy to see on the wall of a second grade classroom! The teacher created these norms WITH her students, lifting up their voices and ideas about what math should look & feel like.” —Math Educator in Pennsylvania
- “This is a good list, but perhaps the message on the bottom should be ‘Be brave; It’s OK to make mistakes!’ Just a suggestion.” —Math Post-Secondary Educator in Colorado
- “I actually think ‘Make Mistakes’ makes an even more powerful statement about how we value mistakes…’It’s OK to make mistakes’ has a different connotation in my mind but either way, love that we’re encouraging students to embrace mistakes!” —Math Educator in Pennsylvania
- “This is a good list, but perhaps the message on the bottom should be ‘Be brave; It’s OK to make mistakes!’ Just a suggestion.” —Math Post-Secondary Educator in Colorado
- “If [students] try a strategy that works for them, praise and encourage those who used a different strategy and allow them to share and model their strategy and thinking.” —Teacher in Florida