Victorian primary teacher David Morkunas, who models explicit maths instruction via grassroots PD provider Sharing Best Practice, told EducationHQ the ...
Ineffective instruction at the root of students’ maths anxiety, teacher warns
The phenomenon of maths anxiety is more likely to do with ineffective instruction than a specific psychological condition unique to the subject, a leading maths teacher has said.
The expectation that novice learners should construct their own knowledge in the maths classroom without learning from the teachers’ expertise is “monstrously inefficient”, David Morkunas says.