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How to turn anxiety into empowerment
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Most episodes, Vanessa is chatting with colleagues about the root causes of math anxiety/trauma and exploring how math education can change to avoid causing them.
But as long as math remains a 4-letter word for some, we need some practical coping strategies! So today, Vanessa details 5 ways you can flip anxious math moments into empowering ones - for teachers, parents, and students.
Learn how to:
- Trade control for curiosity
- Admit what you don't know
- Not be afraid to follow tangents in class
- Coregulate before you educate
- Heal your own math trauma
Other episodes mentioned:
- How to find the "why" in math class w/ Mike Flynn
- Why 1 + 1 isn't always 2 w/ Eugenia Cheng
- 5 simple Math Therapy strategies for your classroom
Contact us:
- Vanessa Vakharia: Instagram, TikTok, Email
- Math Therapy: Text the Podcast
More Math Therapy:
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. 5 ways to turn anxiety into empowerment (00:00:37)
3. 1) trade control for curiosity (00:03:18)
4. 2) admit what you don't know (00:08:24)
5. 3) follow that tangent (00:12:49)
6. 4) co-regulate before you educate (00:16:36)
7. 5) heal your own math trauma (00:20:58)
8. Summary (00:25:02)
95 episodes
Manage episode 516672751 series 2625446
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply)
Most episodes, Vanessa is chatting with colleagues about the root causes of math anxiety/trauma and exploring how math education can change to avoid causing them.
But as long as math remains a 4-letter word for some, we need some practical coping strategies! So today, Vanessa details 5 ways you can flip anxious math moments into empowering ones - for teachers, parents, and students.
Learn how to:
- Trade control for curiosity
- Admit what you don't know
- Not be afraid to follow tangents in class
- Coregulate before you educate
- Heal your own math trauma
Other episodes mentioned:
- How to find the "why" in math class w/ Mike Flynn
- Why 1 + 1 isn't always 2 w/ Eugenia Cheng
- 5 simple Math Therapy strategies for your classroom
Contact us:
- Vanessa Vakharia: Instagram, TikTok, Email
- Math Therapy: Text the Podcast
More Math Therapy:
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. 5 ways to turn anxiety into empowerment (00:00:37)
3. 1) trade control for curiosity (00:03:18)
4. 2) admit what you don't know (00:08:24)
5. 3) follow that tangent (00:12:49)
6. 4) co-regulate before you educate (00:16:36)
7. 5) heal your own math trauma (00:20:58)
8. Summary (00:25:02)
95 episodes
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