How to Learn Math: For Students
Learn how to teach computational thinking to students through fun, hands-on activities. Gain confidence in coding concepts and create your own activities. Break barriers in the classroom with technology-free resources. Start bringing coding into your classroom and feel confident in your abilities.
What you will learn
- Strategies needed to approach math effectively
- Information about your own potential to succeed in math
- Correct any misconceptions about what math is
Program Overview
How to Learn Math is a free self-paced class for learners of all levels of mathematics. It combines really important information on the brain and learning with new evidence on the best ways to approach and learn math effectively. Many people have had negative experiences with math, and end up disliking math or failing. This class will give learners of math the information they need to become powerful math learners, it will correct any misconceptions they have about what math is, and it will teach them about their own potential to succeed and the strategies needed to approach math effectively. If you have had past negative experiences with math this will help change your relationship to one that is positive and powerful. The course will feature Jo and a team of undergraduates, as well as videos of math in action – in dance, juggling, snowflakes, soccer and many other applications. It is designed with a pedagogy of active engagement. The course is planned to remain available indefinitely.
