Our project finalized differently than I thought it would at the beginning. It was interesting to see how my original idea changed when I started working with Esther and combining our ideas and then changed again when we started doing the research. I am happy that our project includes a lot of practical ideas for how to use the research in the classroom. I was surprised to see in the research that there isn't a lot of evidence for anxiety-reducing strategies being effective. Mindfulness practices was one of the only strategies we found that had multiple studies showing improvement for students. I think it is an important topic because math anxiety is so common. I think our presentation went well and people generally seemed keen to participate in our activity which hopefully means they will be interested in implementing some of these strategies in their classes. I am curious how we can continue this project further in Inquiry 2. I wonder if we could talk to more teachers who have used mindfulness practice to gauge what things worked well and what didn't.
This is something I am very passionate about because I think students will remember how they feel in our classes more than they will remember what they did or what content they learned. Students should not be experiencing extreme levels of stress in a learning environment. I hope to continue exploration into this topic so I can implement these strategies effectively when I have my own class!
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