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Meet Dora Medrano Ramos – Building Capacity for Liberatory Defiance

May 5, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

Meet Dora Medrano Ramos – Building Capacity for Liberatory Defiance

This week, as we celebrate Learning in the Making’s first birthday, we have two incredibly special posts featuring Linda Le and Dora Medrano Ramos, who started Learning in the Making last year.

In this post, we chat with Dora: educator, math healer, undocumented immigrant, and big dreamer redefining who gets to be called a “maker” and what is considered “making.”

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Host Interviews, Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff Tagged With: #dorasmathchannel, math, Staff

#dorasmathchannel: Let’s talk math anxiety

March 19, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

#dorasmathchannel: Let’s talk math anxiety

What is math anxiety?

Math anxiety is realized when engaging with math causes a mental shut down. It can show up as panic, stress, anger, the inability to talk about math from a fear of being wrong, negative associations, or a brain freeze, among others. Learn more from our resident Math Champion, Dora!

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Community, Growing Up Making, Resources Tagged With: #dorasmathchannel, math, STEM

Math Affirmations: I Am a Mathematician

March 14, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

Math Affirmations: I Am a Mathematician

Practicing positive affirmations is a way for us to heal our math anxiety in order to build our math confidence and resilience! Find an affirmation that speaks to you (or write your own!) Keep it somewhere you see regularly. Say the affirmation to yourself and repeat it often, especially when you notice a negative thought start to appear. It might seem difficult at first, but over time, you can build a positive math identity and you will be able to see yourself as a thinker and doer of math! 

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