Growth Mindset

You have likely heard of a growth mindset in the math classroom, and maybe you even follow the work of Carol Dweck and Jo Boaler. The concept of a growth mindset has helped many of us rethink how students approach challenges, maintain effort, and learn in mathematics. But I ask you to consider something slightly different: What does it look like to foster students' mathematical hearts, not just their mathematical minds?
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As you refine and reflect on remote learning, we encourage you and the teachers you work with to consider students’ mathematical identities and the potential impacts and opportunities related to them. Students’ mathematical identities drive how they engage with mathematics and how they interpret their mathematical experiences. In addition to one’s belief about their ability to do (or not to be able to do) mathematics, it also includes ideas such as which people (genders, races, etc.) are expected to do well at mathematics, and what kinds of behaviors (for example, speed) are valued when doing mathematics.
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