Allison Dillard

Allison Dillard is a math professor, author of the Amazon Bestsellers Crush Math Now and the Love Math Journal, and host of the Allison Loves Math Podcast, where she interviews trailblazers, disruptors, and leaders in math education. You can find her at www.allisonlovesmath.com. Her love for math is legendary.

A Fun Way to Kickstart Math Class with Growth Mindset and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills

Allison Dillard shares a fun and easy strategy to help students build confidence and a passion for learning math: kickstart math class with 2-3 minutes of no-pressure, fun, and reflective prompts that strengthen growth mindset and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills for math! Allison provides a quick overview of (1) growth mindset and SEL skills (and why they are crucial to student success in math), (2) affirmations, journaling, reflection, and gratitude (and how they can strengthen SEL skills in math), and (3) a 2-3 minute template to start math class by actively nurturing your students’ mindsets!