Math anxiety, simply defined, involves an anxiety about one’s ability to do math. As a math teacher, you will encounter many students who struggle with math, not necessarily because they don’t understand a specific concept but because they don’t have confidence in their ability to be successful in math. How might you combat math anxiety in your future classroom? Have you used any techniques, activities, etc. that have worked to ease a student’s anxiety? Did you struggle with math anxiety at any point? Discuss math anxiety with your colleagues and how you might deal with this very real issue in your classrooms.
Why is critical thinking the necessary approach when presented with a problem? For this discussion, choose TWO of the following approaches. · systems thinking · contextual thinking · perspective taking · integrative thinking · ethical analysis Explain why such approaches are critical for addressing complex problems by providing a specific example of an issue where they are useful. You may expand further on an example found in your readings, or, preferably, develop an example that is meaningful to you. As part of your explanation, · address why interdisciplinarity is critical to addressing the problem you have identified in your example. · explain how your own interests and competencies can be used, enhanced, or expanded by taking the approaches you are exploring in this discussion.
Why is critical thinking the necessary approach when presented with a problem? For this discussion, choose TWO of the following approaches. · systems thinking · contextual thinking · perspective taking · integrative thinking · ethical analysis Explain why such approaches are critical for addressing complex problems by providing a specific