Dec 22 2011: I'm pondering this question myself. I have been reading about how the emotional brain/filter gets in the way of children being able to solve math problems. The anxiety blocks their ability to take problem solving step by step. I'm a fourth grade teacher, and have several students with significant math anxiety- and social anxiety as a result of the math anxiety. They don't want their friends to know they are struggling. I am thinking that if I can show one student in particular how his brain is preventing him from being able to think in a sequential fashion, it will help him- just by understanding this is normal. I'd love other opinions as to how to handle this.
Dec 22 2011: We are teaching children that 'being right' is the same as intelligence. The high-stakes testing is demoralizing to children because it reduces them to a score rather than valuing how they think and what they contribute to the world. I am hoping beyond hope that the new Common Core State Standards will allow performance testing that reveals creativity and innovation as a value.
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