A new online course can help to change students’ mindset about their own abilities in math, researchers say.
From an early age, children are conditioned to think they fall into two categories: “math-minded people”鈥攖hose who naturally have a way with numbers and non-“math-minded”鈥攖hose who hate numbers.
But Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, believes this mindset can change. In the course, students work together to come up with solutions to different problems and learn about how math is everywhere around us.
“I’ve done better with math when I was talking with people sharing ideas,” one student says.
The National 糖心视频 Foundation funded this work.
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