Should mistake-making be encouraged in math class? Or should mistakes be shamed because “in the real world” you can get fired from your job from making a mistake? You can probably guess how Vanessa feels, but a fellow educator recently disagreed … so of course she <a href='https://twitter.com/themathguru/status/1633212950122045442?s=46&amp;t=YXDpVEewYXq9ir8J3q4aKQ'>took to Twitter</a> and a spirited convo ensued!On today’s episode she further outer-processes her thoughts on this topic, and shares two classroom exercises that encourage constructive mistake-making and help normalize growth from failure. Connect with us:<ul><li>Vanessa Vakharia: @themathguru (<a href='http://www.instagram.com/themathguru'>Insta</a>, <a href='http://www.twitter.com/themathguru'>Twitter</a>, <a href='http://www.tiktok.com/@themathguru'>TikTok</a>)</li><li>Math Therapy: @maththerapy (<a href='http://www.twitter.com/maththerapy'>Twitter</a>)</li></ul>

Teaching students to ... think?! w/ Peter Liljedahl

Math Therapy explores the root causes of math trauma, and the empowering ways we can heal from it.&nbsp; Each week host Vanessa Vakharia, aka The Math Guru, dives into what we get right and wrong about math education, and chats with some of today’s most inspiring and visionary minds working to make math more accessible, diverse, and fun for students of all ages. Whether you think you’re a "math person" or not, you’re about to find out that math people don’t actually exist – but the scars that math class left on many of us, definitely do. And don’t worry, no calculators or actual math were involved in the making of this podcast ;)