It should really be "while some children are born gifted the giftedness can be forced underground by teachers and parents who provide non responsive, non stimulating environments stressing complained and achievement testing".
Oh well. The scary thing is the adoration of Jo Boaler has actually improved some aspects of maths education in NZ. Ds11 would have loved them to accept Jo Bowler's ideas on speed drill the year before he was drilled to death one day a week rather than the year after.
Last edited by puffin; 03/06/19 11:02 PM.
