How you can be good at math, and other surprising facts about learning | Jo Boaler | TEDxStanford
You have probably heard people say they are just bad at math, or perhaps you yourself feel like you are not “a math person.” Not so, says Stanford mathematics education professor Jo Boaler,...
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Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Leonardo Silva Hello. So I'm here to tell you that what you have believed about your own potential has changed what you have learned, and continues to do that, continues to change your learning, and your experiences. So, how many people here -- let's get a show of hands -- have ever been given the idea that they're not a math person, or that they can't go onto the next level of math, they haven't got the brains for it? Let's see a show of hands. So, quite a few of us. And I'm here to tell you that idea is completely wrong, it is disproven by the brain science. But it is fueled by a single myth that's out there in our society that's very strong and very dangerous. And the myth is ...
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Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Leonardo Silva Hello. So I'm here to tell you that what you have believed about your own potential has changed what you have learned, and continues to do that, continues to change your learning, and your experiences. So, how many people here -- let's get a show of hands -- have ever been given the idea that they're not a math person, or that they can't go onto the next level of math, they haven't got the brains for it? Let's see a show of hands. So, quite a few of us. And I'm here to tell you that idea is completely wrong, it is disproven by the brain science. But it is fueled by a single myth that's out there in our society that's very strong and very dangerous. And the myth is ...
