Educating Future Mathletes

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The growth of knowledge* *Degrees not actually required. Just time, effort, and dedication.

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This made me so happy. Never give up and follow your dreams.

[ryanandmath-deactivated20180118]

Students are not allowed to make disparaging comments about themselves or their mathematical ability, at any time, for any reason. Here are example statements that are now banned, along with acceptable replacement phrases. - I can’t do this –> I am still learning how to do this - That was stupid –> That was a productive mistake - This is impossible –> There is something interesting and subtle in this problem - I’m an idiot –> This is going to take careful thought - I’ll never understand this –> This might take me a long time and a lot of work to figure out - This is terrible –> I think I’ve done something incorrectly, let me check it again Please keep in mind the article we read by Carol Dweck. The banned phrases represent having a fixed view of your own intelligence, which does not reflect the reality that you are all capable of dynamic, continued learning. The suggested replacement phrases support and represent having a growth mindset regarding your abilities and your capacity for improvement.

http://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2015/09/01/the-secret-question-are-we-actually-good-at-math/

This really hit a chord with me when I realized “I’m an idiot” is part of the fixed mindset in terms of learning. I like to think I persist in math because I know I’m not as good as everyone else, but saying “I’m an idiot" is definitely not uncommon for me to think or say when I’m working on homework or getting out of an exam.

(via ryanandmath)

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#WomenInScience

[more-midwest-mumblings]

Growth mindset

Hey #educhums…does anyone have any recommendations for a book on growth mindset in education/teaching? I think I have the basic idea/gist but I’d like to read a book about it.

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ambedu

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Message me! I’m doing action research on this for my grad school class so have lots of resources. midwestmumblings

[randomloveofthings]

Mindset in the classroom: http://www.amazon.com/Mindsets-Classroom-Building-Culture-Achievement/dp/1618210815

Unshakeable (kind of in the mindset realm): http://www.amazon.com/Unshakeable-Enjoy-Teaching-Every-Matter/dp/0982312733

Smartest kids in the world and how they got that way: http://www.amazon.com/The-Smartest-Kids-World-They/dp/145165443X

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teejay82

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She’s awesome!

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FUTURE SCIENTISTS

Some Penn State grads,   who are CURRENT scientists,  mentored these future female scientist and engineers

from western Pennsylvania

online in the COMETS program of Penn State New Kensington.

[nrdc]

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez of Earth Guardians just totally dropped the mic this morning at the united-nations, speaking up for future generations and climate justice! Amazing.

Learn more about Xiuhtezcatl’s work here.

cc: silenceintoaction

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[nessthebeautifulmess]

Powerful & creative imagery

[damnoosa-deactivated20190419]

the food and education made me sad.

[bottlesofnerdfightingelephants]

I have always been fascinated by these ‘world of 100 people’ things, I remember spending hours thinking through the ones on a poster at church when I was 9 or so. It really, really makes some really important stuff so blindingly clear, in numbers we can understand. And it should, I hope it does, inspire us to act. 

[quads-for-the-gods]

Amazing post.

[the-tin-dog]

The reason these work so well is because the human brain is actually incapable of comprehending the actual amount in people in the world. Our mind unassisted can only understand numbers up to a certain amount. Even 83% of 7 billion is difficult to grasp because we know that’s a Fuck ton, but on the flip side 17% of 7 billion is a Shit load. So our brain realy can’t comprehend the gravity of what exactly is the difference one fuck ton and one shit load. But when you take away the percent, remove this gigantic 7 billion number, and bring it down to 100, all of a sudden out brains go “oh! I know what 100 is! I can understand this!” And things are a lot clearer.

[edu-kate]

Don't you just love it when Mummy Pig shuts down the patriarchy?

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Exams Around the World

Test-taking is a dreaded experience that the country’s kids and young adults share with their counterparts across the globe. The ritual at its core doesn’t vary much: Students sit at a table or a computer desk (or sometimes, as shown below, on the floor), pencil and/or mouse in hand, the clock ticking away mercilessly.

(via Photos of Students Taking Exams All Over the World - The Atlantic)

[edu-kate]

Want this vintage game for my next class :(

[edu-kate]

And herein lies the reason why problem solving and looking for connections should be at the core of teaching and learning in Mathematics.

Read a breakdown and full question here: http://mashable.com/2015/06/05/math-exam-gcse-question/?utm_content=feature_img&utm_cid=mash-prod-email-topstories&utm_emailalert=daily&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily

(I’m on the side of: Why is this a drama? Good, creative question for capable 16 year olds)

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Don’t date boys. You will get pregnant and die. Do calculus instead.

High school calculus teacher (via mathprofessorquotes)

Do both

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[hisnamewasbeanni]

It’s just…so…beautiful! *sheds tear*

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Overly Honest Methods in science.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

ooh this version has some ones i haven’t seen before, priceless