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Jo Boaler Lesson 6: How to Learn Math for Students

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Question 1
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In your own words, what did Fibonacci discover?

Question 2
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Which of these animals do you think is also an expert in building spirals?

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Question 3
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Which of the above angles did you see in the ballet moves?

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Question 4
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Which of the above patterns did you see in the hip hop video? This is a difficult one, but just have a go. It doesn’t matter if you are wrong.

Question 5
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What math is involved in juggling?

Question 6
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What other cool examples of math in the world can you think of?

Question 7
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Which of these statements do you agree with?
Choose as many as you like.

Question 8
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What makes a good math app or video game?

Question 9
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Question 10
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Choose one or two statements from above. What struck you as important about the statement? How do you think that statement will impact your math learning learning this year? What can students and the teacher do to promote a math community that believes in the statement(s) you chose? Please write 5-10 sentences adding anything else you think was valuable from this course.

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I now know that patterns exist throughout nature and the world.
It is amazing to know that animals use math intuitively.
I have new ideas about the math I need to be successful in the world.
The images of math I have seen make me feel encouraged to do well in math.
Here are some main ideas from the course. Check all of those that you thought were helpful for you.
Anyone can achieve at high levels in math.
The brain grows from experience.
Stereotypes – like pink aisles and blue aisles – are damaging for math.
A growth mindset – a belief that you can get smarter with hard work – is really important for math success.
Mistakes in math grow your brain.
Being good at math does not mean being fast. Depth is more important than speed.
Number flexibility (as we saw in 18 x 5) is important and valuable.
All of math should make sense to you.
Talking about math is helpful and important.
Math is a connected subject and it is important to see and make mathematical connections.
It is important to focus on the big idea in math eg a fraction is a relationship.
Math is about pattern finding.
Math is everywhere in nature eg in snowflakes, spider webs, pine cones.
Math is everywhere in sport eg dance, soccer, tennis.
Math in the real world is about connections, drawing, reasoning and applying ideas, not formulas.
Good apps and games teach math conceptually and visua