Propagating our Mathematical Mindset

Creating understanding in math must begin at the elementary school level, yet educators that teach math at the lower levels miss opportunities for fostering deep understanding when following worksheets and textbooks too closely. In a recent conversation around this topic with Daphne Amster, an elementary math teacher who teaches at Edgewater Elementary of the Lester B. Pearson School Board, she explained how her own math-phobia began way back in her elementary school days.