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The Week of Inspirational Math was created by Stanford Professor Jo Boaler and her team, to encourage students to see math as a creative, open, fun subject. Each September we begin our school year in math across the school by showing videos and doing math tasks related to the Week of Inspirational Math. You can read more about the week here.

Videos from the Week of Inspirational Math

Brains Grow and Change

Mistakes are Powerful

Believe in Yourself

Speed is Not Important

Our Brains Think about Math Visually

RESEARCH

Progression Videos from Graham Fletcher - these short videos on different math topics illustrate the progression of math learning from one grade to the next, and help answer the perennial parent question, "Why do you teach <insert math topic> this way?"

What Happened to Math Class? - this video gives a good overview of the shifts in math instruction toward an emphasis on conceptual understanding rather than rote memorization and procedural teaching.

Not Your Mom's Flashcards: Conceptual Understanding of Multiplication by Graham Fletcher

Fluency without Fear: Research Evidence on the Best Ways to Learn Math Facts by Jo Boaler, Stanford University

What is Developmentally Appropriate Math? by Douglas Clements, University of Denver

Video - Doing the Math: Solving the Student-Teacher-Parent Equation presented by Elham Kazemi, University of Washington

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