Why Is Math So Hard for Kids? (It's How We Teach It)

<p>Ruth Rinaldi got through a maths degree without knowing her seven times table. She went on to run the maths department at a UK secondary school, then left the system, and today she has done no formal written math with her own two kids, ages 7 and nearly 10.She tells Ela Bass why math feels so hard for so many kids: not the subject itself, but how it&#39;s taught, with timed tests, right-or-wrong marking and rules handed out before anyone understands them. She also explains how math anxiety passes from parent to child, why stress crowds out working memory, and what she does at home instead of a curriculum.FIND RUTHJoyful Maths with Ruth: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljR1lWeXlfSnQ4UnAxdk1EUk12Vzl4V3xBTl9pYzRkVjNBUUpTUnlXbm12UzFhUmdxYmVFdnRyY2pTLXlpdndRY09fdHFVTG1YY3pEZlppbU51c0JiVG8wN2s3MGpDTWM4bXM3TEp6anp2dFB5NnZITlBJTElZLVVra19v&q=https%3A%2F%2Fjoyfulmathswithruth.co.uk%2F&v=vIvoknT2UwE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://joyfulmathswithruth.co.uk</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljSDdOdDgtQnNfc0JJQ1F3QmJEUmRSUXxBTl9pYzRkZ0JldUFENDV6QVgwWnZSQWVscWhpWkh3QlJYQWVMTDd1SzBhVVlpOVk0dGFjdUpzSHJPZ2l2YV84a0RKT2RrRnlJVVpTTTlaREVXMGtkcjBDUzdEanc2SmxtUnN6&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fjoyfulmathswithruth%2F&v=vIvoknT2UwE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">  / joyfulmathswithruth  </a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljRzlQU3NxR3N3dVAwUjhqSk03cW9Xd3xBTl9pYzRmSGI2VmpKQU9VMFdRUWpSaloxby0tSDdXUGw2N1l5d3g4Yjh5WVlTbXFLNHo2cmpHZUl5SXZ4UWxqSWU3UGl4WkFsLUxGMzhVaVBReWtEaFozTDlOWXdmUDdGUjdo&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjoyfulmathswithruth%2F&v=vIvoknT2UwE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">  / joyfulmathswithruth  </a>Multiplication Without Memorisation, her course for parents: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljSHV5a1RxY1Y5djFvbWNsOHVGVnlkS3xBTl9pYzRlLXZhT0tTMldlZUlFenRjWG5oNWhuQkkzLUZEbWFpRHdHdVdYMDZWdDBxZlJDYWZMelhzTFRoS3JRN2Z5RFdfRFNiYkxmSnhrLUhNeE5OV3pabzg1WnJadjhoajRX&q=https%3A%2F%2Fjoyfulmathswithruth.co.uk%2Fparent-courses%2Fmultiplication-without-memorisation%2F&v=vIvoknT2UwE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://joyfulmathswithruth.co.uk/par...</a>CHAPTERS<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvoknT2UwE">00:00</a> &quot;I didn&#39;t even know my seven times table&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvoknT2UwE&t