Mathematical Skills - Facts and Myths 00-0F-MSF

What are the mathematical talents? Can only a man be mathematically talented? Where do mathematical skills come from? Does the teacher really matter? Why won’t mathematicians get the Nobel Prize? Why is everyone so afraid of mathematics? In this course, you will find all the answers to these questions and not only that. You will acquire the basic information about mathematical talents, enough to let your teaching work be guided by scientific facts.

What are the mathematical talents? Can only a man be mathematically talented? Where do mathematical skills come from? Does the teacher really matter? Why won’t mathematicians get the Nobel Prize? Why is everyone so afraid of mathematics? In this course, you will find all the answers to these questions and not only that. You will acquire the basic information about mathematical talents, enough to let your teaching work be guided by scientific facts.

Gruszczyk-Kolczyńska E., (2012.) O dzieciach matematycznie uzdolnionych, Nowa Era.
Ashcraft M., Kirk E., (2001.) The Relationships Among Working Memory, Math Anxiety, and Performance, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol. 130, No. 2, 224-237.
Clements, D., Sarama J., (2005.) MATH PLAY How young children approach math, SCHOLASTIC EARLY CHILDHOOD TODAY.

Supplementary literature:
Hacker, A., (2015.) The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, The New Press.

Gruszczyk-Kolczyńska E., (2012.) O dzieciach matematycznie uzdolnionych, Nowa Era.
Ashcraft M., Kirk E., (2001.) The Relationships Among Working Memory, Math Anxiety, and Performance, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol. 130, No. 2, 224-237.
Clements, D., Sarama J., (2005.) MATH PLAY How young children approach math, SCHOLASTIC EARLY CHILDHOOD TODAY.

Supplementary literature:
Hacker, A., (2015.) The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, The New Press.

Methods: brainstorm, discussion.

Contact hours - 15 h
Reading literature - 20 h
Preparing a presentation - 15h
2 ECTS

Classes are held synchronously in the MS Teams application.
The code to the team will be provided by mail in the APS domain.

Methods: brainstorm, discussion.

Contact hours - 15 h
Reading literature - 20 h
Preparing a presentation - 15h
2 ECTS