RE: The average persons capabilities.
March 20, 2016 at 8:01 am
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2016 at 8:14 am by RozKek.)
(March 20, 2016 at 5:34 am)Red_Wind Wrote:(March 19, 2016 at 8:11 pm)RozKek Wrote: I'd say not affected by any mental health issues or anything alike. No OCD, Anxiety, Depression etc. Although I am aware that there are successful and intelligent people who do have mental health issues and I am not implying that people with mental health issues aren't able to be successful etc.
Well it would be pretty hard to find such a person then (at least where i live)
Yes, but we're talking theoretically here.
(March 20, 2016 at 6:12 am)robvalue Wrote: People often sell themselves short.
I've taught many people who have said "I can't do maths". They were convinced it was impossible for them to learn it. Yet in most cases, I did manage to teach them successfully.
Such reactions might be due to an experience (or many) causing them to negatively associate with the subject, or just a general lack of confidence.
I hate it when I hear people in my class say "I'm not a math person" .-. There is no thing as a math person. The only reason some of them are so shit is because they're not even trying, but they're very capable to unless they have dyscalculia and/or mathematical anxiety (in general somethig that prevents them from focusing, or doing math.)
Enough about my pet peeves, how did you change their mindset and help them to do mathematics? Some of the people I've seen, when the teacher tries to help and ask questions etc, the student just guesses and barely takes it seriously.
