The (Square) Root of Math Struggles
This is my entry for the SEVA 2024 contest in Sacramento.
Sources:
1a. https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-dyscalculia
1b. https://www.understood.org/articles/video-dyscalculia-dyslexia-and-genetics
1c. https://www.understood.org/en/articles/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyscalculia\n2. How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, as quoted in https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/bad-at-math-myth/
3. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/9822/chapter/6
4. https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-decreased-practice-time-plays-into-historic-math-declines
5. “The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math'” by Miles Kimball et al., as quoted in https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/bad-at-math-myth/
6a. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/fixed-mindset
6b. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/growth-mindset
7. https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/42825/not-a-math-person-how-to-remove-obstacles-to-learning-math
8. https://www.sreb.org/blog-post/why-do-we-say-im-bad-math
9. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/math-anxiety-definition-symptoms-causes-and-tips#symptoms
10. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2017.00057
11. https://ed.stanford.edu/news/study-when-teachers-think-differently-about-themselves-math-learners-students-benefit