Resources
An interview on 11:11 Talk Radio with Simran Singh
November 5, 2019 newsletter
Links to digital downloads from the publisher with student handouts and teacher projection pages
A Hechinger Report article on the inherent dangers in telling students that their abilities are fixed
An article by Jo Boaler in EdSurge
October 23, 2019 newsletter
Intro to poly machines for students in grades 1 to 2
Download instructions for grades 1 & 2 and visit the link to play!
Download instructions for grades 1 & 2 and visit the link to play!
An op-ed in the LA Times by Jo Boaler and Steven Levitt
A short paper by Jo Boaler and Steven Levitt
An activity from The Learning Network of the New York Times featuring sonic “fingerprints”
Explore more poly machines for students in grades 1 and 2!
A task adapted from book 3 of the Mindset Mathematics curriculum series
Intro to poly machines for students in grades 3 to 5
Conrad Wolfram’s presentation at the Youcubed Data Science Summit
Download instructions for grades 3-5 and visit the link to play!
Recommended for students in grades 3-5
Recommended for students in grades 3-5
Number practice for students in grades 3 to 5
Recommended for students in grades 6-8 and 9-12
Explore more poly machines for students in grades 3-5!
Intro to poly machines for students in grades 6 to 8
Download instructions for grades 6-8 and visit the link to play!
Jo Boaler on how your beliefs about learning influence how well you learn
An interview with Jo Boaler about her book, Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers
Recommended for students in grades 6-8
Recommended for students in grades 6-8
Recommended for students in grades 6-8
A conversation between Jo Boaler and mathematician Keith Devlin about 21st-century mathematics and learning.
Inspirational messages from a mathematician to young learners
Teaching Kids Real Math with Computers
Recommended for students in grades 6-8
Recommended for students in grades 6-8
Learning about expressions and equations
More about expressions and equations in grades 3 to 5
Learning about fractions on Poly Machines
A special Poly Machine for Pi Day!
Explore more poly machines for students in grades 6-8!
Intro to poly machines for students in grades 9 to 12
An article in Greater Good Magazine, published by UC Berkeley, on Jo Boaler’s book “Limitless Mind”
Download instructions for grades 9-12 and visit the link to play!
Learn about triangle inequality with this Poly Machine
A special Poly Machine for women in math day
A Freakonomics episode on data literacy, featuring Jo Boaler
Sign an online petition to bring data science to K-12 education!
TED Talk on why we should teach statistics before calculus
Explore more poly machines for students in grades 9-12!
Jo Boaler on Napa Broadcasting discussing the ideas from her book, Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead and Live Without Barriers
The sixth book in our curriculum series, now available on Amazon
Two mindset-boosting songs, complete with lyrics for singing along, created for youcubed by Lauren Mayer and Curriculum Rocks!
August 29, 2019 newsletter
Free open-source data science activities for students
August 6, 2019 newsletter
July 30, 2019 newsletter
May 14, 2019 newsletter
Jo Boaler just finished recording the audio version of her new book, “Limitless Mind”
A high achieving student reflects on his learning during youcubed summer camp
TED Talk: Teach statistics before calculus!
A paper by Jo Boaler on the youcubed summer camp, published by NCTM in “Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School”
An interview with Jo Boaler on New Zealand TV
April 1, 2019 newsletter
What factors are at play when girls are excluded from mathematics?
An article in the journal of the Mathematical Association of America
The fifth book in our curriculum series, now available on Amazon
March 10, 2019 newsletter
A team of researchers, thought leaders, neurologists and technology experts led by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind
ELL and Special Education student support resources for mathematics
An article by Jo Boaler and Tanya LaMar on new evidence about learning differences
February 20, 2019 newsletter
Jo Boaler is featured in this article in the Hechinger Report series “Proof Points”
February 4, 2019 newsletter
Jon Orr and Kyle Pearce interview Jo Boaler for the podcast Making Math Moments that Matter
An article by Jo Boaler published by the American Mathematical Society
January 7, 2019 newsletter
Jo Boaler is named the 5th most influential scholar in education in this annual American Enterprise Institute survey.
St. Alphonsa Catholic Elementary (K-8) School in Ontario, Canada has embraced a growth mindset culture in all academic content areas, […]
An article in American Educator, the journal of the American Federation of Teachers
December 5, 2018 newsletter
November 20, 2018 newsletter
Star assessment shows improvement in math for elementary schools
November 1, 2018 newsletter
October 9, 2018 newsletter
An extract from Jo Boaler’s book: What’s Math Got To Do With It?
A Hechinger Report article co-authored by Jo about San Francisco Unified School District
October 5, 2018 newsletter
September 25, 2018 newsletter
This one-minute film illustrates the need to teach maths facts through engaging, visual, and creative methods.
Youcubed is a small group of people working to get as many free and inspiring maths ideas out to teachers […]
A one-minute clip of Jo Boaler from “The Importance of Struggle”
September 17, 2018 newsletter
September 13, 2018 newsletter
The new video for Week of Inspirational Math 4!
UK press coverage of Jo’s 2018 trip to Scotland.
August 28, 2018 newsletter
A message about visual math, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about group work in math, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about struggling in math, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about learning math, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about growing our “math brain,” in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about understanding and depth, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about creativity in math, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
A message about believing in yourself, in both US and UK versions, created by a teacher
August 20, 2018 newsletter
The fourth book in our curriculum series, now available on Amazon
July 31, 2018 newsletter
Evidence for the benefits of changing teachers’ mindsets about mathematics.
Study shows improvement in students’ test scores when teachers change their mindset — and instruction — around math.
An article on evidence for our teacher online course and its positive impacts.
July 11, 2018 newsletter
Evidence for the impact of a blended approach including our online class for teachers
This episode of the National Science Foundation show “Science Now” discusses evidence for our free online course for students.
May 17, 2018 newsletter
April 23, 2018 newsletter
April 18, 2018 newsletter
American Mathematical Society’s Rachel Crowell asks Jo about the teacher change study.
Jo Boaler is featured in this article on changes in math education in the US.
Hear Jo Boaler on the podcast ClassDismissed (about 40 minutes run time)
An article in the open-access journal Frontiers in Education about evidence for our student MOOC!
An article by Canadian teacher Alison Boehme with special thanks to Jo Boaler.
An article in Science Daily about evidence that our free online course for students improves mindsets and mathematics achievement.
The Impact of a Free Online Student Course
An article on Jo’s work from Stanford Magazine.
This new paper is part of our Mindset Mathematics Teaching Resources collection
The third book in our curriculum series on visualizing and investigating big ideas, now available on Amazon.
A visual guide to the timeline of our K-8 curriculum book series
An interview with Jo Boaler on the Wired Educator Podcast.
The Mathematical Association of America published The MAA Instructional Practices Guide in 2017 aiming to share evidence-based practices with mathematics […]
This case of undergraduate mathematics teaching contains excerpts from the award winning professor Steve Strogatz, teaching his course: Mathematical Explorations. […]
February 7, 2018 newsletter
Life Academy is a public school in Oakland that has had incredible success in supporting all students to achieve at […]
A study by youcubed advisor Lang Chen with new findings on the neuroscience of math achievement.
Cathy Humphreys teaches a number talk to elementary teachers in Stanford’s STEP program.
Jo’s undergraduate students work on the Pennies and Paperclips task from Discovering the Art of Mathematics: Pennies and Paperclips is […]
In this Education Week Blog Post by Larry Ferlazo, Jo Boaler and other teachers share strategies that are under-used in […]
Jo Boaler is one of the top 10 most influential scholars in education in this annual American Enterprise Institute survey.
January 3, 2018 newsletter
David Edmonds interviews Jo Boaler in this Social Science Bites podcast.
A presentation by Jo Boaler at The White House with recommendations for encouraging female participation in STEM fields.
An article in KQED’s MindShift featuring the youcubed film, “Rethinking Giftedness.”
November 8, 2017 newsletter
October 11, 2017 newsletter
Jo Boaler on how to support your math-learning child when you have math anxiety.
Here is a poster of ideas from Jo’s TIME article (read more about Mathematical Freedom on Ideas & Impact menu).
October 5, 2017 newsletter
A new article by Jo Boaler on the need to change from performance to learning and give students mathematical freedom.
Can you see why the students were saying they felt mathematically free?
A download with two slides illustrating organizational freedom and mathematical thinking.
Two boys from youcubed summer camp reflect on mathematical freedom!
A poster version of the quote from the short paper What Is Mathematical Beauty?
Teaching Through Big Ideas and Connections
Jo Boaler comments on evidence from the UK that new exams may not be impacting the genders equally.
The students who attended youcubed summer camp describe the power of mindset math in their own words!
A video, book excerpt and math task from Jo Boaler’s 2014 visit to middle and high schools in China.
The second book in our curriculum series on visualizing and investigating big ideas, now available on Amazon.
The first book in our curriculum series on visualizing and investigating big ideas, now available on Amazon.
WIM 1 Day 1 Video
WIM 1 Day 2 Video
Task Instruction Here’s a visual image of infinite possibility! Can you make connections between the visual and the equation? Reference […]
My heart is always with youcubed. Here’s a tessellation of our logo! Task Instruction What is the area of the […]
This is a task that combines art, mathematics and design. Students are asked to see and design optical illusions, think […]
WIM 1 Day 3 Video
WIM 1 Day 4 Video
WIM 1 Day 5 Video
Jo Boaler is featured in this New York Times article about girls, maths and anxiety by Perri Klass, MD.
A Longitudinal Study of Contrasting School Mathematics Approaches and Their Impact on Adults’ Lives