Math Autobiography

On your own blog, I would like  you to please reflect on your own learning of mathematics in school. This is your Math Autobiography narrative.

Rationale: Many people have difficulty remembering their mathematics education in primary/elementary grades. In order to begin to study the teaching of mathematics to children it is important to revisit your own education in mathematics. it is necessary to reflect on your assumptions, emotions, and nostalgia surrounding your experiences and to critically examine them. Consider the following:

• What did mathematics in your classroom look like (kindergarten-grade 6)? Be descriptive.

• What is your best and (or) worst memory surrounding mathematics in your primary and elementary years? How might this have affected your views about mathematics now as an adult?

• Were you "good" or "not good" at math? How did you know this?

• What was the role of the teacher in your math classes? How do you think they felt about mathematics?

• What did assessment look like?

• Tell briefly about math in high school.

• What math courses did you take in university?

• Did you take any math electives?

• Do/did you engage with mathematics in your life in major ways?

• How do you feel about mathematics now?

We will be sharing our math autobiographies in class and I encourage you to read each other's postings once I have your blogs linked up to the class blog. 

I will be looking for a thoughtful, well-written, clear and critically reflective account of your mathematics history.