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September 23, 2015
[Translation]
When my students tell me that they are not a math person... I try to relate what we are doing in math with what they are doing in video games or when using their cellphones. They don't have the best understanding of their phones or the video game the first time they try. They don't pass the first level at the first try, generally. So, math is exactly the same. They need to practice and go little by little from the beginning to a point where they feel comfortable. From there they will start building their own knowledge and they will obtain better performance... it just takes time.
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Matemáticas es como un video juego/Math as a video game
Maestro de matemáticas Marco Martínez Leandro le dice a sus estudiantes que aprender matemáticas es como jugar un videojuego--tú no pasas el primer nivel en el primer intento. Martínez es uno de los recipientes del 2013 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Math teacher Marco Martinez Leandro tells students that learning math is like playing a video game--you usually don't pass a level on the first try. Martinez is a recipient of the 2013 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Credit: NSF
[Translation]
When my students tell me that they are not a math person... I try to relate what we are doing in math with what they are doing in video games or when using their cellphones. They don't have the best understanding of their phones or the video game the first time they try. They don't pass the first level at the first try, generally. So, math is exactly the same. They need to practice and go little by little from the beginning to a point where they feel comfortable. From there they will start building their own knowledge and they will obtain better performance... it just takes time.
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Videos credited to the National Science Foundation, an agency of the U.S. Government, may be distributed freely. However, some materials within the videos may be copyrighted. If you would like to use portions of NSF-produced programs in another product, please contact the Video Team in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.
Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.