Liberation Math: Week 2

Sheila Tobias, Overcoming Math Anxiety: Chapter 1



TEDxNYED Response:

I agree with what he was talking about in the video in regards to how we are teaching students. I personally found how math books use distracting images with all the non necessary information. If they had like one example problem of how this could be used it would be useful instead of using an picture for every problem. However with this some people learn best by visual examples. I am a personally a person who learns best buy data sheets, show me a video of how to do it or a list of how to process and I'm set.

With how he suggested how we use example with like the water jug it can be useful for the students to have a real life example and actual pictures that people can reference at a personal or 'home' level. With this its easier to students who over think problems to simplify them.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BlvKWEvKSi8#)

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