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Can Everyone Do Math?
Activity 1: Read
Read the following article:
Activity 2: Respond
Please respond to the following questions. Post your responses to the Discussion Board by clicking the image to the right.
- What are your impressions of Willingham’s article?
- People accept that if you lift weights, you get stronger. If you practice playing an instrument, you get better, but people tend to have an all-or-nothing attitude toward math — you’re either a math person or not. How would Willingham regard that view?
- How does your cultural background influence your experience with and view of mathematics?
Facilitators: Do you want the prompts spelled out here, or just a link to this lesson's discussion board, where we will have already "seeded" the board with the prompts?
Activity 3: Reflect in Your Journal
Have you changed your mind in any way to your response in the initial survey? Why or why not?
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