The Story Behind the Answer: Making Math Meaningful with Jeanette Mokry

What if the real problem isn't that students struggle with math—it's that we've taught them it's okay to give up on it?

In this episode, mathematician and educator Dr. Jeanette Mokry gets refreshingly honest about her own middle school math confusion, the pandemic's lingering impact on student preparedness, and why she's ditching traditional lectures for approaches that let students "create their own knowledge."

You'll hear why she believes assessment might be mathematics' biggest stressor (and what mastery-based grading could change), how peer-led learning transformed her college algebra course from isolated work to genuine community, and her controversial take on why we need to stop treating "I'm bad at math" like a personality trait.

If you've ever wondered how to help students see math as something they can do rather than something they have to survive, this conversation is for you.

Learn more about Mokry's publication, College Algebra: Functions and Applications, at https://grl.pub/college-algebra

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