All entries for Sunday 18 October 2015

Supporting A–level students who thought they had left maths behind

This conference paper discusses the outcomes of the Level 1 Coaching for Mathematical Resilience course, for a group of 5 school students (Sept to Nov 2014), who volunteered to become ‘peer coaches for mathematical resilience’ in school.

The course provided a safe and collaborative working environment in which the school students learned to manage their own reactions to mathematical ideas, to explore choices and to reflect on how to support someone else to find the resources to overcome their own barriers to learning mathematics. The data confirm that once a school student has begun to develop their own personal mathematical resilience, they can successfully coach themselves and others to manage their anxiety and develop as resilient learners and users of mathematics.

Learner outcomes improved noticeably as a result and, as coaches, the students were able to coach others including at a higher level of maths.

iceri_2015_paper.pdf

Sue Johnston-Wilder : 18 Oct 2015 17:37 |  Tags: Coaching Learning Mathematical Resilience |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem