BUILDING MATHERMATICAL RESILIENCE IN STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED FAILURE

This conference paper discusses the outcomes of the Level 1 Coaching for Mathematical Resilience course, for a group of 17 school students (Sept to Nov 2014), who were being expected to re-sit GCSE mathematics after demoralising previous failure.

The school students learned to manage their own reactions to mathematical ideas, to explore choices and to reflect on how to support themselves and others to find the resources to overcome affective barriers to learning mathematics. The transformations experienced by the participants have impacted on mathematics attainment and attitude and also more widely, and this impact has been recognised both by the individuals and by the school.

iceri_2015_paper_2_submitted.pdf

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