Comments on: Don’t Trash-Talk About Math https://earlymathcounts.org/dont-trash-talk-about-math/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jen https://earlymathcounts.org/dont-trash-talk-about-math/#comment-67 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:54:35 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=453#comment-67 In reply to PhiloDave.

🙂 I can always count on you.

]]> By: PhiloDave https://earlymathcounts.org/dont-trash-talk-about-math/#comment-66 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:54:10 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=453#comment-66 In reply to Jen.

\”Yes,\” is my answer.

]]> By: Jen https://earlymathcounts.org/dont-trash-talk-about-math/#comment-65 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:15:18 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=453#comment-65 In reply to PhiloDave.

Agreed. It seems to me that most of our adult abilities comes from a \”can-do\” attitude. However, I have two kids with very different math attitudes, which is unfolding into very different math aptitudes. They have mixed-mindsets in out home and extended family- as their father and I don\’t see ourselves as \”math people\” but their grandfather is a math professor who specializes in actuarial science.
So… the question remains. Is it a talent or a skill?
PS. Thanks for the article.

]]> By: PhiloDave https://earlymathcounts.org/dont-trash-talk-about-math/#comment-64 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:02:27 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=453#comment-64 I am a total believer in Carol Dweck\’s work (like here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids ) that says it\’s all about the \”mindset,\” at least for most of us. There may be outliers on the ends of the continuum (math savants and extreme math related disabilities), but I think in 99% of the cases, it\’s all about the attitudes…

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