Dr. Grayson Maas is the Director of Communications for the Art of Problem Solving, a unique solution to teaching math anytime, anywhere.
Talking about dissertation - how we create scientific knowledge as a society - who can become a scientist and who cannot. Scientific knowledge and how it gets created. It’s no secret that there’s underrepresentation in science. What is funneling certain groups towards science and what is not? Science for all Tests measure what we value. Tests can be an unreliable indicator. It’s a common experience that the scores you got on classes and tests to tell you if you’re smart. All those tests are telling you, “are you good at that instrument on that day?” Extremely difficult to identify high-ability kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. Ability grouping is not a bad thing for the kids in the high group. Kids know who is in different groups. We need to reconfigure the labels we use. For us to lose sight of kids that don’t get extra opportunities is not working for those kids. It’s incumbent on us as a society to meet these kids where they’re at. Providing the “right” amount of challenge. We’re going to set the bar right above where you grasp it and help them reach the next level. You deserve to be challenged and we’re going to make sure you get that. Learning about the water cycle. Their version of learning about the water cycle was a youtube water cycle rap song. The kids in the low group developed low self-perception. Constantly reinforce these students and tell them they are capable and can accomplish the work before them.