Positive maths culture
This planning resource is for teachers who want to explore ways a positive maths culture can actively challenge stereotypes and support all students to see maths as a creative, inclusive field of study, and themselves as capable, engaged maths learners. View our 5 key steps to help develop a positive maths culture which includes: ‘Combat stereotypes’, ‘Support emotional regulation’, ‘Celebrate mistakes’, ‘Support reasoning and deep thinking’ and ‘Value student voice and collaboration’.
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- Teachers
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- Webpage
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- Commonwealth of Australia
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- © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated
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- learning environments student disengagement biases and stereotypes Positive maths culture student voice maths eyes
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