On February 25, 2013, Professor Jo Boaler delivered a SCOPE Brown Bag lecture in which she presented evidence from research and practice that many students in the United States go down a damaging path in mathematics. According to Boaler, this path affects about half the population and leads to low achievement and poor self-esteem.
After the event, she sat down with us to discuss both the problems with conventional mathematics education and the features of successful mathematics classrooms.
Jo Boaler is professor of mathematics education at Stanford University.
To watch the full talk, visit http://edstream.stanford.edu/Video/Play/a83309de2b3544afb708e0ac6ed741d31d. For more information about the event, see http://edpolicy.stanford.edu/events/649.
