A Better Way to Teach Math

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/a-better-way-to-teach-math/

Imagine if someone at a dinner party casually announced, “I’m illiterate.” It would never happen, of course; the shame would be too great. But it’s not unusual to hear a successful adult say, “I can’t do math.” That’s because we think of math ability as something we’re born with, as if there’s a “math gene” that you either inherit or you don’t.