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How are we going to address math anxiety in our students?
How are we going to address math anxiety in our students?
We will be implementing a two-piece approach to preventing math anxiety in our students.
Piece 1: Families
Piece 1: Families
Math anxiety can be passed from parent to child, particularly when a parent helps their student with homework. Normalizing discussions about problem solving and raising the perceived value of good math skills at home is what is important to create an environment where students can thrive in the math classroom.
To this end, our family program is made up of several parts:
We encourage all our families to download the free Bedtime Math app and make use of it several times a week. The app is available in both English and Spanish. Their goal is the same as ours: to make math fun and stress-free.
For more information on starting to use the app, please see this flier.
Regularly throughout the school year we will invite our families to join us for math fun! These nights will focus on games, challenges, and enjoying time together as a family.
The people behind Bedtime Math have created a great hands-on way for students to explore math after school. The club is divided into two groups: one for K-2 and one for 3-5.
We will offer three 8 week sessions with different students each time. Each session will accommodate 12-16 students per group.
Our introductory parent meeting was held November 6. Please click here to access the information that was shared. The book we read is titled I'm Trying to Love Math and is available on Amazon.
Piece 2: Teachers
Piece 2: Teachers
As a teacher there are two different but correlated forms of math anxiety: generalized math anxiety, which relates to when they personally need to use math, and anxiety about teaching mathematics, which relates to the ability to teach math, but not necessarily the ability to do math themselves.
More information on this will be forthcoming.
If you have any questions or would like further information, please email Cam Jennings at ckjennings@tpaa.org.
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