Beliefs Failure Math 
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, weve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but as tools for reflection and growth. This perspective transforms data analysis into an empowering process; data is a tool for improvement amongst our students rather than a measure of failure.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms.
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eSchool News
MARCH 26, 2025
In many classrooms, success still depends on how well a student fits onto a single, familiar bell curve–the one measuring traditional academic achievement in subjects like math, reading, and writing. The reality of jagged learning paths Students arent afraid of hard work–theyre afraid of failure without purpose.
eSchool News
MAY 10, 2016
But until recently, noncognitive skills like perseverance and self-motivation sat at the periphery of an education debate centered on the measurement of skills like reading and math. Try asking someone if they were good at math as a child. That is beginning to change. Books on noncognitive skills pepper best-seller lists.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
When my class, who didn’t see themselves as STEAM teachers, had the freedom to tinker without a fear of failure, they became far more eager (and better equipped) to teach those concepts in their own future classrooms. If you free your pre-service teachers to play, they’re apt to do the same with their students.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Over the summer, academics debated the impact of growth mindset, the belief that one’s intelligence can be developed with hard work and effort, and whether it can move the needle on academic performance. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. Gupta, I get it.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes.
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