Speaking of percentages, math is a good example of the importance of avoiding the fixed mindset. The idea of a or a math gene is a primary reason for so much math “math person” nihilism, math failure, and as Boaler called it on Monday. When kids get the idea “math trauma,” that they math they start a downward trajectory, and their career options shrink “aren’t people,” immediately and substantially. There is also the common idea of a wall in math: People learn math until they hit a wall where they just keep up. That wall may be trigonometry, and it may can’t be advanced calculus, and it may be calculating a tip. In no other discipline but math are people so given to thinking, instead of I need to practice, just Well, not good. I’m Boaler said during her is no “Big news,” lecture, “there wall.” With that, she advanced her Powerpoint and to a slide bearing a rendering of the Kool-Aid Man busting through a brick wall. know who this she said. of my teammates made this that “I didn’t was,” “One slide. I’ve learned this is Kool-Aid Man.”
Speaking of percentages, math is a good example of the importance of avoiding the fixed mindset. The idea of a “math person” or a math gene is a primary reason for so much math nihilism, math failure, and “math trauma,” as Boaler called it on Monday. When kids get the idea that they “aren’t math people,” they start a downward trajectory, and their career options shrink immediately and substantially. There is also the common idea of a wall in math: People learn math until they hit a wall where they just can’t keep up. That wall may be trigonometry, and it may be advanced calculus, and it may be calculating a tip. In no other discipline but math are people so given to thinking, instead of I need to practice, just Well, I’m not good. “Big news,” Boaler said during her lecture, “there is no wall.” With that, she advanced her Powerpoint and to a slide bearing a rendering of the Kool-Aid Man busting through a brick wall. “I didn’t know who this was,” she said. “One of my teammates made this slide. I’ve learned that this is Kool-Aid Man.”
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