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#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math

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How to Maximize Learning in Maths Classrooms

I'm not a fan of grades and tests myself. I think grades are fine if they're used at the end of a course. The problem we have in maths classrooms across the US is people use grades all the time, every week or every day - even my own kids. You're there to perform somebody's measuring you, you see your score. So I think that's not conducive for deep learning. But during the year, you can assess kids in much better ways. Teachers can give them a rubric that outlines what they're learning over the course of a unit or a few weeks. Those they self assess on those units. And then teachers will show what the kids can do with

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