Math Ed Blog from Bruce Yoshiwara: Staway Research About Teaching ...
Skip to 10:15 for discussion of Carol Dweck's work on mindsets, or skip to 18:40 for improvement resulting from a single 45-minute psychological intervention (+. 3 gpa). Skip to 7:00 into the video for data on improved success for community college students (+17 percentage points) by introducing self-regulated learning. Statway is one project of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching seeking to find alternative math pathways to baccalaureate degrees. David Yeager's vide o discusses productive persistence in students. There are so many interesting pieces going into Statway that the project promises to provide useful information even to educators who are appalled at the idea of allowing a non-STEM major to earn a BA without passing an intermediate algebra class. Go to 21:00 for a discussion of stereotype threat,...