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What if nobody is bad at maths? | Mathematics | The Guardian
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When I teach five-year-olds the subject they typically scream with excitement. Here’s how to stop maths-phobia setting in
Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The Guardian The big idea Mathematics This article is more than 3 years old What if nobody is bad at maths? This article is more than 3 years old When I teach five-year-olds the subject they typically scream with excitement. Here’s how to stop maths-phobia setting in Eugenia Cheng Mon 29 May 2023 07.30 EDT Last modified on Wed 7 Jun 2023 10.02 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google W hen I tell people I’m a mathematician, one of the first things many of them say is “I’m really bad at maths”. Sometime
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