I am very passionate about mathematics education and it concerns me that students struggle so much with the concepts presented. Students often struggle with feeling anxiety in math, or feeling disconnected from it. I feel like more could and should be done about this problem in education. I decided to tackle this wicked problem by doing a bunch of research on why the problem exists, sending out a survey to my peers, colleagues, and students, doing even more research on ways to potentially solve these issues, and then I compiled all of my data in the presentation below. While I didn’t have as many respondents to my survey as I would have liked, I did learn a lot through this process. Not only did I learn how difficult it is to write a survey and consider all possible answers you might like to see, and the high degree at which students are still struggling to feel connected to mathematics and their instructors, but also that editing and compiling all of this information into a well thought out presentation is a difficult task! Overall, we will always have students that struggle with mathematics, but my biggest hope is that teachers will begin to instill in students a growth mindset, share innovative ideas for lessons with other educators, and begin to move mathematics education in a direction that is more applicable to students and their needs outside of the high school classroom. Resources:
Misura, M. (2021, December 16). Wicked Problems [Video].
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AuthorMarissa McGregor, high school math teacher extraordinaire. I love my husband, daughter, and family dearly. Archives
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