Math Blog #1: Math Identity
Why is your math identity important? How can a teacher's math identity impact their students? In class after reading the article, "Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance" by John Sangiovanni, Susie Katt, and Kevin Dykema, I've learned how essential it is for teachers to understand their own math identity in order to help students foster a positive math identity. "By understanding our early experiences as math students and how they shaped our definitions of what it means to do math, we can learn important lessons about the instructional choices we make" (Sangiovanni, Katt, Dykema, pg. 32). Before reading this article, I had never heard of math identity. Math has always come easy to me, so this article really opened my eyes. Even though I have always loved math, that doesn't mean my students will. It will be important for me to consistently reflect on my instructional strategies and think about my students' ...