Assistant Professor of Education Studies, University of Oregon
Jennifer Ruef studies and teaches best practices for learning and making sense of mathematics. Her decades of experience as a classroom teacher inform her research, and in turn, her research is reflected in her work with mathematics teachers and students. Jennifer’s research centers on issues of social justice and equity. This includes studying how students identify themselves, or are identified by others, as being “good at math;” and the ways in which students and teachers learn to make sense of mathematics and construct convincing and powerful arguments.
Think you're bad at math? You may suffer from 'math trauma'
Nov 04, 2018 13:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
I teach people how to teach math, and Ive been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, Ive met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma a form of debilitating mental shutdown when it...
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