Quite often I will hear students say something to the effect of “I’m just not a Math person”. We learned last week that there is no such thing as a “Math person”, just like there is no such thing as and “art person” or a “sports person”. We are all capable of learning Math, if we are willing to put in the effort and persevere through our difficulties. This week we also learned:
- mistakes are an important part of our learning. There is brain research to show that mistakes make more connections in the brain than when we get an answer correct.
- Math is about depth, not speed
- visual representations in Math are powerful
- being able to see patterns in Math is important. Math is all about patterns!
According to Jo Boaler, here is how you can help your child learn Math: