Author Archives: Suzanne Newell

The End of the Beginning…. The Cohort 21 programme has been a very positive, inspirational and attitude-changing experience for me. I have felt very lucky to have been a part Continue Reading →

The results above represent the mathematical mindsets of The York School students. In order to understand the results – this interval scale is needed. This means that the majority of Continue Reading →

There were many things that I tried in my class to try to change the attitudes of my students about math. Most of the techniques that I tried came from Continue Reading →

Now I had a baseline of my students’ attitudes. Although it was quite healthy, I wanted to try to move it ahead and make it stronger. A stronger belief in Continue Reading →

After writing my last post, I felt a bit unsatisfied with simply assessing the mathematical mindsets within grade 3. I felt happy that the students in grade 3 had a Continue Reading →

Before I began discussing the topic of math mindset with my students, I wanted to assess my students’ current attitudes about math. I wanted to know if they had already Continue Reading →

I can still remember the day when my eighth grade teacher grouped us for math. It was something that he had done before; however, this time was different. I was Continue Reading →

I have to admit, I was nervous to come to the second Cohort 21 session. I was nervous because I did not have a concrete problem that I wanted to Continue Reading →

Over the years, I have become very interested in best practices in the area of Mathematics. I want to know how “best” to teach math – teach in a way Continue Reading →