Amazon Education, ASCD, Character Lab, Common
Sense Education, National Council of Teacher Mathematics (NCTM),
Project for Education Research That Scales (PERTS), ClassDoJo, and
Teaching Channel join together for campaign
Internationally recognized math education
expert and Stanford University professor Jo Boaler brings “growth
mindset” approach to initiative
School districts around the nation are joining
the movement to encourage a growth mindset about math and stop the
statement, “I’m not good at math”
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Today, a coalition of non-profit education and
education technology organizations launched a national initiative
to transform student attitudes about math. Developed under the
leadership of Amazon Education and TenMarks, “With Math I Can”
challenges the nation’s more than three million teachers and their
students to take the pledge to replace the notion of “I’m not good
at math” with “I am working to get better at math” by embracing a
“growth mindset,” the belief that abilities and intelligence can be
developed, which leads to an increased focus on the process of
learning rather than the outcome. Supporters of the “With Math I
Can” movement include Stanford University Professor of Mathematics
Education Jo Boaler, Character Lab, Common Sense Education,
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Stanford
University’s Project for Education Research that Scales (PERTS),
ClassDoJo, ASCD, and Teaching Channel. Teachers and students can
learn more, watch a video, access resources, and take the pledge at
www.withmathican.org.
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More than 50 percent of young adults report that they say, “I’m
not good at math,” according to a survey by Change the Equation.
Yet, the same study reports that nearly all Americans (93 percent)
agree that developing good math skills is essential to success in
life. This attitude is particularly perilous in lower income
communities where scores from the most recent Nation’s Report Card
showed that 71 percent of average-income students achieved a basic
understanding of math, while only 44 percent of low-income students
achieved the same level.
“Students need math for many reasons—from college readiness to
career and everyday life, like keeping score at a basketball game
or figuring out how much money to save to buy something. Students
become discouraged and feel they aren’t good at math as soon as
they encounter challenges or struggle with solving problems, and
this is precisely what we want to change,” said Rohit Agarwal,
General Manager of Amazon K-12 Education. “By collaborating with
the education community, we are taking a bold step to transform
society’s approach and mindset toward math so all students can
reach their full potential and have equal access to career and
economic opportunities. Our ambitious goal is to drive a change in
attitude—from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can and I will’—for every student in
the country.”
“With Math I Can” asks teachers and students who take the pledge
to replace saying, “I’m not good at math” with statements like, “I
will learn from my mistakes” or “I will persevere through
challenges in math.” The initiative is supported by a website
(www.withmathican.org), a video that highlights the need for a
growth mindset around math, and a powerful set of free resources
for teachers to use with their students to make a change.
A key supporter of the campaign is internationally recognized
math education expert Jo Boaler, Ph.D., professor of mathematics
education at Stanford University and author of the new book,
Mathematical Mindsets. She was one of the first education
researchers to apply growth mindset to math achievement,
discovering that more children have a fixed mindset toward math
than any other subject. She is also the co-founder of youcubed.org,
a Stanford website dedicated to providing free resources to
teachers, parents, and students to help students develop
mathematical mindsets.
Boaler said, “If you ask most students what they think their
role is in math classrooms, they will tell you it is to get
questions right, and when they inevitably struggle, most decide
they are not a ‘math person.’ When students are in math classrooms
where they are given growth mindset messages, as well as encouraged
to appreciate the beauty of mathematics, to ask deep questions, and
to explore the rich set of connections that make up the subject,
they develop a growth mindset. ‘With Math I Can’ is an
extraordinary opportunity to help students all around the country
transform their thinking about math and develop a growth
mindset.”
New Jersey’s Edison Township Public Schools is one of the first
districts in the country to join this national movement. Tara
Beams, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction for
Elementary Schools, said, “Across the entire district, teachers are
changing students’ math mindsets. Everyday students are celebrating
their math accomplishments, big and small, and are changing the way
they talk and think about math because we are promoting growth
mindset. The result, when we all—teachers and students—change the
way they think and feel about learning math, students change the
way they learn math! We are excited to be growing and nurturing all
of our genius mathematicians and to be part of ‘With Math I Can,’ a
movement to change math mindsets around the country.”
Across the country, California’s Beaumont Unified School
District is taking the “With Math I Can” pledge as well. Commenting
on her district’s commitment to help its students build their “math
esteem,” Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services,
Christina Goennier, Ed.D. said, "Beaumont Unified School District
is honored to be a part of the ‘With Math I Can’ campaign. We
believe all students and adults can learn to embrace the process of
math. Through the variety of free resources offered on this site
and the voice of a growth mindset from our mentors, we now say
failing is our ‘first attempt in learning.’”
Neighboring California district Encinitas Union School District
is also one of the first districts to commit to the “With Math I
Can” pledge. Leighangela Brady, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent,
said, "’With Math I Can’ harnesses the power of math. Encinitas
Union School District is committed to encouraging perseverance and
a growth mindset, and we are thrilled to have access to so many
resources at WithMathICan.org to help us support students to
develop these skills. The ‘With Math I Can’ pledge is a perfect way
for our students’ voices to be heard. With math, our students can,
and will, become what they want to be.”
Teachers and students can take the pledge and get more
information at www.WithMathICan.org.
About Amazon K-12 Education
Amazon Education’s goal is to improve learning outcomes with
solutions that help teachers focus on what they do best—teach,
engage and motivate students to learn. Solutions include
rigorous content and curriculum resources for differentiated
instruction and personalized learning, and a learning resource
portal that specifically supports the discovery, curation,
creation, and distribution of digital education resources for every
educator across the country.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
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