Why relevance and anxiety matter in math

This week on Schauer Thoughts we have a special guest - please give a warm welcome to Mina Neuberg, CEO of WonderMath! Also, this episode is NOT an ad, I am not being paid, I just really love math and wanted to discuss learning and executive functioning with the executive putting the “fun” in functional learning. No but seriously, math is incredibly important and I appreciate y’all listening and *hopefully* expanding the communal comfort zone!

Learn More About WonderMath:

https://www.wondermath.com/ 

Where to Reach Mina:

mina@wondermath.com 

New Book Club Information:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045 

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk

The Power of Fun - Catherine Price

Mathematics for Human Flourishing - Francis Su

Is Math Real? - Eugenia Cheng 

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Philip Fernbach 

Neural correlates of hate

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18958169/

What Is Hate and Where Does It Live in the Brain?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-on-food/202208/what-is-hate-and-where-does-it-live-in-the-brain

The premotor cortex

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Premotor_Cortex#:~:text=The%20premotor%20cortex%20is%20a,of%20the%20contralateral%20hemisphere%20alone.

Behavioral energetics in human locomotion: how energy use influences how we move

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993254/ 

Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5361109/

Total Physical Response (TPR) - Teaching Method

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392376539_Total_Physical_Response_TPR

Screen Apnea 

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/1247296780/screen-apnea-why-screens-cause-shallow-breathing 

Olfactory Enrichment to Improve Memory

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10405466/

What the Thalamus Does

https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/2012/3/12.03.02/4#:~:text=In%20this%20way%2C%20the%20thalamus%20is%20screening,matters%20of%20value%20and%20filtering%20out%20distractions. 

This is How the Brain Filters Out Unimportant Details

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-babble/201502/is-how-the-brain-filters-out-unimportant-details#:~:text=This%20%E2%80%9Creciprocal%E2%80%9D%20connectivity%20can%20be,popcorn%2C%20and%20air%20conditioning).

Movement-Based Learning: Students Need to Use Their Bodies to Learn 

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2025/03/movement-based-learning-students-need-to-use-their-bodies-to-learn/ 

Math Has Its Own Language. How Can Students Learn to Speak It?

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/math-has-its-own-language-how-can-students-learn-to-speak-it/2024/09

Conceived linearities in mathematics education and how to disrupt them

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14794802.2025.2579307?src=#d1e125

How Did You Solve It? Metacognition in Mathematics 

https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/how-did-you-solve-it-metacognition-in-mathematics

Writing Problems in Possessive Form

https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/forming-possessive/

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