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#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
Lex Fridman Podcast
Teaching to Big Ideas - Is There a Way to Improve the Process?
I do think there's a way of teaching maths that changes everything for kids and teachers. It's called teaching to big ideas. And if you look at the standards, like I have some written down here, just read in the standards, it makes maths seem really boring and inspiring. In third grade, there are three different standards about unit squares. That is something that's a standard. The textbook authors say, well, I'm going to make a question about that. And they translate the standards into narrow questions. So what are the additional things you can add on top of this whole old school traditional way of teaching that can improve the process?
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