Teaching+the+Whole+Student

=Overview= What are students like in a math class? What do students "bring with them" to class?

Consider the following: > 1. Girls in STEM > > 2. **1999:** The Role of Instructors in Creating Math Anxiety in Students from Kindergarten through College >> a. >> b. Use the //__**About_Point Writing Strategy**__// to Understand this Article >>> (i.) What is the About_Point Writing Strategy ? >>> (ii.) Setup an About_Point Writing Strategy on paper or the computer >>> (iii.) Read //Elementary level, especially grades 3 - 4// and conduct an About_Point Entry >>> (iv.) Read //High School level, especially grades 9 - 11// and conduct an About_Point Entry >>> > 3. **2014:** Addressing math anxiety in the classroom >> a. >> b. Use the //__**About_Point Writing Strategy**__// & the Section Shrinking Strategy to Understand this Article >>> (i.) Read Math anxiety: Research theories and practices >>>> (A.) Causes of math anxiety >>>> (B.) Strategies to overcome math anxiety >>>> (C.) The Constructivist Classroom >>>> > 4. Use the //__**About_Point Writing Strategy**__// in the Math Classroom >> a. I forgot what the About/Point Strategy is... >> b. Download the Algebra I Module 1, Topic A, Lesson 1: >>> (i.) Analyze my use of the //__**About_Point Writing Strategy**__// (see Table 1 below) that I used to comprehend the paragraph in the //__**problem set**__// which on page //__**S.3**__// >>> (ii.) Post your analysis on the discussion board below as a comment - do not start a new discussion >>>> A. rubric: >>>> B. place the rubric in the Dropbox folder you shared with me

//About/Point Writing Strategy//
 * Table 1**
 * **Title of the Selection** || Problem Set ||
 * **Author's Main Points** || # man climbs down a 10' ladder.
 * 1) 0 secs = 10￼ feet above the floor
 * 2) ￼6 secs = 3￼ feet above the floor.
 * 3) 6 secs - drinks water - 8.5￼ ￼ sec = 3 ￼ feet off the ground.
 * 4) takes ￼ 1.5￼ ￼ seconds to descend to the ground ||
 * **Summary** || In this story problem, a man goes down a ladder. ||