Dr Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University, and the faculty director of youcubed. She is the author of the first MOOC on mathematics teaching and learning. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education for Europe, a mathematics teacher in London comprehensive schools and a researcher at King's College, London. She is the author of nine books – including the best seller: Mathematical Mindsets - and she has received numerous awards for mathematics equity and leadership.
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I liked the activity because it stretched my thinking and my understanding of math.
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I really liked how it made my brain work hard to find the answer that I felt was always sitting there, an inch away from my grasp.
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I enjoyed the activity because it was challenging but very thrilling.
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It was fun because in your typical math class, you just do classwork from a book but today we got to do something interactive and fun.
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I really liked this activity because it made my mind think out of its limits.
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I enjoyed the group work discussion. I think if we did it all at the beginning of the year, we would be more aware of how we act towards our classmates in group work.
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I thought the activity was fun because it was very different from what we normally do in math, and we had to think about arithmetic in different ways.
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… As a homeschooling mom, I’m always looking for new opportunities to become a better teacher and this class has revolutionized the way I think about (and therefore teach) math. You have opened my eyes to the research behind things such as the negative effects of over-testing and “drill and kill” methods that I sensed intuitively were detrimental…
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Jo Boaler is featured in this article about girls, maths and anxiety by Perri Klass, MD.
Jo Boaler argues U.S. schools need to fundamentally shift math instruction away from procedural problems to turn the tide on […]
In this article, Jo Boaler argues that there is nothing more important than advancing the STEM fields — and those groups […]
In this opinion piece, a student in Jo’s seminar describes how her relationship with math changed from trauma to hope.
Jo Boaler details five problems we can solve to keep students on course and end the math madness.
This article in Reader’s Digest discusses the benefits of finger use in math and includes the “piano excercise” activity for […]
Jo Boaler ranks #12 in this annual tally of the most influential scholars in education.
Jo Boaler and Pablo Zoido analyzed data from 13 million students worldwide and found that students who take a memorization […]
