UPDATE 11/6/2021: This site does not seem to be working. Searches don’t show another site address, so I’m not sure if this is a temporary or permanent issue. For a list of great math websites, I recommend this collection.
Jo Boaler, Professor of Math Education at Stanford University, and Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology (also at Stanford) have teamed up with several industry partners, including Amazon, to launch an initiative called, “With Math I Can.” Dweck’s name will sound familiar to those of you who have heard of “Growth Mindset,” and Boaler specifically promotes the importance of having a growth mindset in math.
I’ve mentioned YouCubed.org (one of Boaler’s many projects) on this blog a few times due to its great resources for teaching students how to have a healthy attitude about math. With Math I Can has a similar purpose, but seems to be targeting a larger audience as it encourages you to take the following pledge:
The site gives video resources for the classroom, your district, and home that include the recent set of “Big Ideas” videos from Class Dojo, along with the statistics and brain research that explain why we need to teach students that math is accessible to everyone. The introduction video on the home page can be used to inspire teachers and parents to think carefully about the messages we send about our own attitudes toward math.
Hopefully, initiatives like “With Math I Can” will help young people to stop saying, “I’m just not good at math,” to “I’m just not good at math, yet.”
