There’s a scene in the 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver," where high school math teacher Jaime Escalante (played by Edward James Olmos) argues with the head of the school’s math program about the ...

#10: How we created a growth mindset in math Catherine Castillo December 18, 2019 When standardized test scores revealed students’ lack of number sense, one district examined its instructional ...

It's no secret that math is a subject many find challenging, possibly even intimidating. Too often, we hear both adults and students openly proclaim themselves as "bad at math," stating they "just can ...

It's been more than 30 years since psychologist Carol Dweck introduced "growth mindset"—the psychological and motivational effects of believing that a person's ability in any domain is not fixed but ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) wants to eliminate the “I’m not a math person” mindset with career-focused classes. NCDPI is proposing a new ...