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Hot Seat #13 - Does Math Education Over-Rely on Brain Research?
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Hot Seat #13 - Does Math Education Over-Rely on Brain Research?
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You’ve probably heard it before—claims about how the brain learns best or teaching moves justified by neuroscience. These ideas have shaped classrooms, professional development, and even policy. But here’s the question we’re asking today: Have we gone too far?
In this Hot Seat, we’re joined by two guests who will be arguing that math education over-relies on brain-based research—and that this reliance may actually be limiting how we think about teaching, learning, and students themselves. So let’s dive into the debate with this resolution:
Math Education Over-Relies on Brain Research.
- You can contact Rev. Jessica Solomon via email: signal@jessicasolomon.co
- You can find Nigel Nisbet via the website STmath.com or on his blog: Visual First Math
- Be sure to check out Jessica’s article Has ‘Brain-Based’ Education Gone Too Far?
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