A Mathematician Has Created a Teaching Method That’s Proving There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Math Student
Jenny Anderson, getpocket.com, originally published 02.15.2017 by Quartz
Math is a notoriously hard subject for many kids and adults. There is a gender gap, a race gap, and just generally bad performance in many countries.
John Mighton, a Canadian playwright, author, and math tutor who struggled with math himself, has designed a teaching program that has some of the worst-performing math students performing well and actually enjoying math. There’s mounting evidence that the method works for all kids of all abilities.