2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/22/2017 | 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Mindsets, Multiple Strategies, and Making Meaning: The Importance of Why | Hobble Creek
Mindsets, Multiple Strategies, and Making Meaning: The Importance of Why
Having a growth mindset, alone, is not enough to be successful in math. In this session, we will discuss the research related to mindsets and mathematics, as well as strategies to help create a growth mindset in math. In addition to having access to appropriate resources, using strategies that help students connect mathematical concepts and make meaning are crucial, regardless of level of tiered supports. When students can explain "Why?" and justify their answers, they feel more competent in mathematics. Math becomes less voodoo and tricks and more logical, with connections among ideas. Additionally, providing students with many tools for solving problems allows them to analyze problem situations and choose paths to problem solutions using tools they understand best, and that again help build connections among concepts. To improve mindsets, students need to be able to make meaning and select from multiple strategies to be able to answer, "Why?"
- Participants will learn why having a growth mindset, alone, may not be enough in mathematics, and what other essential components are necessary to be successful in math.
- Participants will learn about research related to mindset and mathematics.
- Participants will learn (and practice) strategies that can improve mindset in math as well as help students make connections between concepts and build conceptual understanding in mathematics.
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Cathy Callow-Heusser
(), Utah State Office of Education, cathy.callow-heusser@schools.utah.gov;
Catherine Callow-Heusser received her doctorate in Educational Research and Evaluation from USU, where she has worked 20 of the past 30 years as an instructor, instructional designer and researcher/evaluator of programs serving struggling students and students with disabilities. Dr. Callow-Heusser served as Director of Developmental Mathematics at USU from 2013-2015 and has taught math at the middle and high school levels. She was principal investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) Math-Science Partnership (MSP) evaluation technical assistance grant and has served as a consultant on numerous NSF and Department of Education MSP grants. She also served as the external evaluator of the Bureau of Indian Education’s (BIE) Reading First, BIE READS! and Math Counts grants, and as a technical assistance provider and coach to many Bureau of Indian Education schools. She joined the Utah State Office of Education as an Education Specialist in 2015.
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