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Teaching Resilience in 2026: What Teachers, Leaders & Coaches Can Do When Students Shut Down
Students quitting when the math gets hard? You're not alone.
In math classrooms everywhere, teachers want to promote thinking, reasoning, and productive struggle—but are met with disengagement when tasks become challenging. In this episode, the Make Math Moments team explores the deep-rooted beliefs, structures, and messages that make resilience hard—and what we can do to change that.
Listeners Will Learn:
Why students shut down during struggle—and what messages fuel that behavior
How to redefine what it means to be “good at math”
What makes struggle productive (vs. frustrating)
How to teach…
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