Conquering Math Anxiety - The Power of Yay Math: Robert Ahdoot at TEDxAJU
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WOW!!! Yaymath is truly amazing! I am that 42 yo mother of two that has attempted math 3 times until i found yaymath! I literally cried listening to this
I literally only survive math class because of this guy. I come home almost in tears and go straight to my computer to watch his videos and get clear. He eases my stress and helps me to understand in minutes. What an incredible person! Thank God for people like Mr. Ahdoot. Honestly kids would do better watching his videos than taking a math class. I say this as a kid who just brought up her ACT math score 6 points just from watching Yaymath videos. I finish high school in two days an thank Mr. Adhoot so much for getting me through. It's almost bittersweet to be done, and I HAVEN'T EVEN MET HIM. THANK YOU. THANKKKKK YOUUUUU SOOOOO MUCHHHHH.
Nevermind the crowd . . . Robert Ahdoot is an AWESOME teacher. Ahdoot exudes a geniune love of people.
I love his charisma. Math classes need that
Math should be treated entirely differently than it is today in our education system. Math is a skill, it requires understanding and practice. What you will see teachers do, is judge the students for doing something wrong, even though they are trying. This demotivates the students, making them have bad experiences, traumas if you will, which leads to students trying to distance themselves from those experiences and in the end the subject itself. You punish people for doing something bad in hopes of making them stop that bad thing. When you use that method against students when they are studying, you are merely contradicting the fundamental principles of teaching. Because is trying to learn math bad? No, ABSOLUTELY not. Instead, you should let them keep trying, and when they get it right, reward them by saying "good job!" and not punish them when they're doing something wrong. Punishment is effective in discipline, but its not effective in teaching. Teaching should not involve discipline as long as the students stay interested and curious. Math is beautiful in the way it can make you feel succesful when completing something difficult, and how it can solve a ton of problems. Make the students feel that! Dont let them feel stupid for trying, because that is what they actually are SUPPOSED to do. Why most teachers cannot understand this simple concept, still troubles me.
Good points. What I've noticed though is that maths teachers are human beings aswell. And Im not saying that to excuse bad behavior, no way. If you are a teacher, like any other human being, you are responsible for your moods and attitudes, especially towards the students who are in your charge. I think a lot of teachers are angry and frustrated at the position they find themselves in and through a lack of self awareness they take out their frustrations on their students when really they need to stop and reflect upon their own lives and decide whether or not teaching is something that is making them happy. I would guess a lot of teachers shouldnt be teaching. They just picked that profession because it was pretty much a solid bet for a job and pension etc. They chose security over adventure and risk and when you choose security at some point a part of you that craves adventure and all those great things in life, will start to get angry and instead of recognising this a lot of teachers turn that anger outwards and create horrible environments for their students.
Boywithafishtank you made important points. I agree with you 100%.
My anxiety developed from the teacher, I’ve never had a problem with math until this teacher
Boywithafishtank I agree
Math is mental torture.
I almost cried while watching this because of how relatable it is...Thank you for making this.
thank you so much your videos are awesome. being in my thirties going back to college I had to conquer math since I didn't take math since high school and that wasn't a pleasant experience I barely passed math , just enough to graduate.now in college, your videos help me in my pre algebra , intermediate algebra and now college algebra 1. I've watched your videos the whole way along. thank you for addressing math anxiety I remember in my intermediate algebra class walking out in the middle of a test because of a panic attack thinking there was something wrong with me.
Robert Adhoot, you are awesome! I wish I did have one great teacher like you in school, things would of been so different now.
I am a continuing student, who had Anxiety math back in high school, and now I still have it in college, but watching your videos has really changed math for me and I'm really starting to understand it and enjoy it, all thanks to you.
I'm grateful there are people like you out in the world.
Thank you, Mr Adhoot.
Samuel
Definitely would make me have anxiety, having my wrong answer so put down.
I am 50 years old and I am going to college for the first time! I was passed through high school algebra without a clue as to what was going on. Most algebra taught from 6th grade through high school now was 1st and 2nd year college algebra then. So needless to say I was having trouble keeping up. I was online looking for was of learning math as a dyslexic and YAYMATH was one of the videos listed. I soon realized how much YAYMATH was helping me. I actually enjoy the spontaneous humor and energy.
Everyone I open my text book or do a math test all I see I simple questions screaming at me "you're stupid!" I absolutely can't deal with it and the problem is I'm forced to learn it WHEN I'M GOOD AT OTHER THING u love other things and want to learn other things and I respect math and think it's amazing the way I can play with numbers but it's not the learning I'm geared to or invested in. take me out of my math class and teach me about history or writing a thesis (things other students hate) and watch my eyes light up as I'm invested in that or a video editing class cause its something that I love and want to learn.
+EliteRowmaster I feel you bro.
You took the words right out of my mouth!!! I feel exactly like this!!!
Nicole t.b I think it s bcoz u had a bad math teacher who didn't t know about the subject
I suppose it's easier to pay attention in math class when you have a cute, agreeable, relatable math teacher like this guy. Good info.
Thank you for your inspiration and support. I feel justified in all the views I have of math, that the fear of it is getting in student's way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. YAYMATH!
He is a great TH-cam teacher him and my math ap changed my view on math you guys really should cheek out yay math in TH-cam if you guys are struggling
Math anxiety is real... Mr. Robert Ahdoot put together a great power point to point that out. I'm a grandfather and would like to have my degree before I retire... I believe this guy can help me get over my fear of going back to school and math. Looking forward to studying his videos.
He is my top choice of all the teachers I have observed. He is a salesman of an idea...that math is important. He does it brilliantly.
Robert Ahdoot is awesome ! Thanks for Yaymath!
I stunk at math 30 yrs. ago, regret my fear of it, and take advantage of this teachers educational/entertaining personality to fill that mathematical void I created in myself through fear.
My mom homeschooled me, and especially with math she was very hard on me and had a "why can't you just understand" attitude toward me about math. She would get upset at me to the point of me crying because I directed the "why can't I understand?" Attitude at myself. Today, I have anxiety about all things and I truly firmly believe that it stemmed from those math lessons from my mother. This video makes absolute sense.
When I got the wrong answer, my father screamed then beat me. I think I understand.
Yeah my dad said the same thing to me. I barely passed high school math. I was a D student. I went to Kahn academy, udemy, Coursera, books, TH-cam, etc. I now have my BS in Computer Science graduated from the University of Virginia. And now work as a Software Engineer.
my grandma though me math and I didn't have enough of time for play so it made me hate math
Wow! You might not believe it... but I was just talking about my "insucess" in life, and how my math anxiety had interfered in my life, on the telefone, when I found this video. Probabality had just proved its valor to me, right now, in a metalinguistic way.
April 2017 YayMath website is still up. There are free algebra videos. The introductory vid is adorable as it includes his then 2 1/2 year-old daughter "helping" him. 🤗
one hell of an awesome person.
Thank you for giving us those lectures they really helped me for my final exam, I really wish that I could be in your classroom for a week at least, it would be enjoyable!!, your students are so lucky! thanks for being awesome!!
I hated math so badly when I was in high school in Africa. I passed d all my test with the exception of math and I could not further my education. Now I have your kids; a 10 yr old, a 5 yr old, a 4 yr old and an 18 month old. I am getting my ged and I proudly say I am in love with math. I am doing it for my kiddos. I make sure I work at less one math question before going to bed. I will be there for my kids. When I didn't get the necessary help with math when I needed it, I will reverse the operation for them. With tutors like the Khan academy organic chemistry and now Yay math we will conquer it.❤❤❤
Tough crowd...
I think that Mr. Ahdoot's theory that bringing up the mere topic of math causes people to cringe is actually blatantly reflected in the audiences reception of his presentation.
I truly believe he is on to something, and I know from personal experience that perhaps people don't actually hate math itself... instead they hate not knowing math. That was, and in many ways, still is me.
HAHAAHAHAH
You are real good man! Am in a class learning exponential equations, and the method was so unclear even though two steps were articulated by the teacher. I tuned in to you and voila, it was a clear lookig glass.
Thank you very much..
I learn many thing from yaymath..
Now i can conquering math anxiety..
I like this method to learn..
Make me enjoy and relax..
From your students from indonesia..
He's genius. I watch his lessons often and it really helped
This guy is awesome!!! I would love to learn math from him :)
+Joy Mullins At his place if you know what i mean.
oh my gosh you are awesome! I seriously want to know your IQ. You are a genius! You need to teach other teachers and breed more of you! Was just trying to get help on parabolas (in college after many many years out of school) and watched a couple videos and got to yours...Thank you so much!!!!! I have 6 children (including 2 sets of twins under 4) and it is soooo difficult to make every class and get in when I need help (which is A LOT!) Glad I found you on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
Thank you for caring.. Yay math has being a blessing in my life.
I show some of his videos to MY math students.....they really enjoy them!
i dont kno if u ever read this comment..but u are the best math teacher in the world! u make such difficult topics so easy to understand..yes for sure u love ur job! if i will be successful in my endeavour i’ll owe it to u..i always whined about the iniquity of maths but i find it interesting now..accidentally fell in love with maths while watching ur videos..u make learning math an exhilarating experience..though u are on the other part of the world, u inspire me to believe in my mathematical capabilities..i am a management student and preparing for an entrance exam to pursue my post graduation..*thankyou for uploading all the videos*
OMG! Wonderful video. I am a 50 yr old nursing student and a full-time worker. I elected on-line Algebra 1 and I passed it with an A. But now I am taking on-line Algebra 2, I too developed test anxiety, don't know why exactly except that I want to excel to show my daugthers (1 in HS, 1 in College) that if you put your mind to anything you can do it. Well, I worked myself up so high and failing was not an option that when I went to campus to take my test, I didn't do well. The first test I sorta controlled the anxiety and passed it with a C. The second and third test I bombed them. During this time I went to a counselor who has helped some just by talking and understanding what my mind was going through. The 4th test, still trying to control the anxiety passed it with a C again. These grades are not what I wanted, at this late in the game I have to except them. Next week I take my 5th test. Please wish me well! And then a week after that my final exam. And as I search through "TH-cam" this morning, I find Robert Ahdoot's video on anxiety. WOW! He has such compassion for teaching. He needs to be cloned for every HS in the US. My HS daughter complains about how her Algebra teach tells them that their questions they ask are stupid. So, I am going have her look at Mr. Ahdoot video's to help her. THANK YOU MR. AHDOOT!!!!!
After experiencing intense math anxiety myself as a young person then a college student (which I have mostly overcome but it still bubbles up sometimes!), I decided to start studying math anxiety in science students and the effects it has. I hope eventually I’ll be able to have some data to show the extent of math anxiety in community college students, and what effect (if any) it has on a student’s career choice. Do students with a lot of math anxiety quit sooner or not pursue certain careers or terminal degrees because of the math involved? I have met enough people to know the answer is yes for at least some of them. Then, how to help students tackle the underlying feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, and fear and build self esteem and resiliency is the next...
Every other subject is easy for me but math. However, a lot of people think I'm weird for loving it so much. Math is so beautiful because it proves the ideas and knowledge you learn to be true. I strive to learn on my own. Some people will be like " why do I have to learn math to be a musical artist".well, how do you think we understand music. logarithmic equations explain what music is doing. It doesn't matter if you are interested in math or not. Everything you come to know and love is because of math.
I've been watching Yaymath on you tube. It's very helpful and learned alot frm it.
EXCELLENT! Well presented and inspiring. liked hearing the brain science behind "we cannot learn until we feel safe and open." I wish I had Mr. Ahdoot for my geometry teacher way back when.
It would have made a world of difference to have him as a math teacher in high school. 20 years later, I am conquering math anxiety and attempting to take math classes again.
I hated math too. My teacher never really gave me a reason to enjoy it. But I really want to learn trig, even at my age.
I low key feel bad. That was a hard audience
Teachers should listen to this video.
You are responsible for my B in my College Algebra class! THANK YOU!!!!
Goddamn I'm so glad this guy exists. I needed to hear this very badly. Im inspired to try school again.
+Ryan Purcell Music Go for it! Recently I had a stunning realization that I had forgotten how to do basic algebra, I can pass tests fairly well but I have a desire to know and fully understand math and how to use it. I want to teach it. So this has inspired me to come back and learn, that's what I'm doing today.
love this guy
Robert, I am a 42 year old non-traditional student forced to take algebra because it is required for gen ed. I hated it 25 years ago and I hate it now, but you have made this experience do-able. And as I sit here tonight stressed about quadratic equations for my final tomorrow night....I know about a negative boy who missed the party and 4 awesome chics. Thank you so much! I wish you were around when I was in High School
Thanks, Jessica! I'm glad the message resonates with you.
I feel stupid because I'm not good at math even if I really try and make my best effort. 😟
Major math crush.
I have a lot of respect for Mr. Ahdoot for being a classroom teacher and opening his classroom to anyone with internet access. That is a very brave thing to do and I commend him for helping people beyond his classroom appreciate the subject. However, I would like to critique the "Sage-on-the-stage" model of learning. In this case it is more of a "Comedian-Sage-on-the-Internet-World-Wide-Stage", but making the teacher wear more hats (both figuratively and literally) and being on a bigger stage can not replace the dynamic of student-student or student-teacher interaction. Ultimately we could imagine professional comedians and videos with professional production to teach math and make kids LOL while binge watching youtube... but would we be improving math education?
you saved me this semester!!!!!!!
i’m literally fighting a panic attack right now because i have a math test tomorrow and i don’t know how to do it
And the associations we make are not necessarily conscious...they've been conditioned into our nervous systems and are more emotional than logical. That's why we can associate pleasure with destructive things and pain with the good choices in life - we are not necessarily logical creatures, but more emotional creatures...
This is beautifully accurate!
YAY MATH! Nuff' said.
This teacher is awesome
Best teacher ever
Wow, that's a terrible experience for you :( I'm sorry that happened, what an insensitive teacher. I'm glad to hear you overcame it :) Good luck!
Very well put from a psychological standpoint, that's why im taking psychology in college.
Is "math anxiety" even a thing?
I've read research that the problem in part is that those that go into education do poorly at math. Combine this with the fact that children often cannot get help with their math homework from their parents and it is easy to understand that its the environment that is imparting these emotions in the children.
Math Anxiety is a real thing and it is not necessarily the fault of Educators. There are many factors that play into math anxiety including how family and friends think about math, how students are taught to learn math and the fact that math is simply not the easiest subject. But this anxiety can be overcome where a person can function using math in the real world or even overcome to a level where they are proficient with math calculations. I suffered through math anxiety in high school but did well enough in college to earn a Mathematics degree.
+Lee McNeese (God is Awesome) What you have written here is anecdotal is unsupported.. Whose research have you read on the subject?
that is so true. I'm 43 and I'm living a dream that I am learning pre-algebra. I've already been there done that and. You make so much sense because that is so true.
+Lee McNeese (God is Awesome) I respect you. Because you found a way to effectively study. You didn't listen to nobody else and, you did what you had to do to learn the material. You should consider yourself very fortunate and blessed. That you did not pay attention to anybody that turn around and told you that you couldn't learn math. Look at Michael Jordan's high school coach you said you will never ever be a basketball star.
+Julio Estorga (maybe god's language is math) www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/5-year-olds-can-learn-calculus/284124/
...and children cannot communicate with god?
I wish people know knew their math like i know my anime
Best teacher.
Interesting the term "math anxiety" is still around. It was used to describe my inability to do math back in the 1960's. That problem prevented me from going on to a four-year college because I could not meet the minimum entrance requirements for math and a second language. It ended what could have been my career as a journalist.
why exactly does learning maths need a teacher,after u understand the basics?
youre amazing
your awesome bro
awful awfullll crowd
60 people who disliked this video have PTSD from high school math
Yay math!
How can u hate maths when maths constructs what u are thinking, why's the contradiction? And why do some people argue that maths and science are everything? personally, it could just be their ignorance and they refuse to learn how to learn or learn about the world.
I hate math BUT!!!! I am going to every damn thing i can to get it out the way! Im tired of it. This doesnt help me though. This is like a sales pitch.
Great
Thanks, Liney! Welcome to Yay Math.
It's been years and I still hate my maths teacher with a passion
It's wild how the memory persists.
Gets to the point about 11 mins in ... fyi
I suck at math and I need to get better
What is wrong with the audience
im with stoopid... 10 years later no change..
tough crowd lol
Try having your younger sister tutor you and get paid by our parents.. Need I say more. Wrong move parents..
try that funny show in college courses, you'll give up at chapter 1. The teacher could be funny, but not math itself.
tough crowd lol
wordddddd
Lol
Math is the only roadblock for me.
not personal relationships or outlook on life.
Just math.
Here I am trying to face my childhood trauma, and doing some soul searching to find out what went wrong. I was so convinced I am bad at math, for a very long time now. Now I am slowly starting to realize it is not the math itself, but the people who presented it to us, and the methods followed was what realllly made it that way, made us think math is bad. Incidentally, all the math people in my life carried this arrogant attitude about them... from my father to the teachers... Robert is a gift to the Math world. We need more of him, millions of him if we are to produce great scientists and engineers again.
Your kindness is incredible, thank you for your sentiment.
Very succinctly put. You summed up my journey to this point. I had math trauma and, now at 41 and back in school I'm finally getting over the paralyzing fear of math and that deep seated belief that I just don't have a math brain. Once I recognized that it was actual trauma I was able to start healing. I still have anxiety and occasionally freeze up. It takes me 4x as long to learn a concept but, I'm actually enjoying it now. Some how along this healing journey curiosity started replacing fear. Now when its time to do math I don't start crying, I start getting a little excited. Mr. Ahdoot is one of the people that helps me get over the frustration of not understanding, which opens the door to curiosity.
I am so thankful for Yay Math. I recently returned to college after 20 years, and have found passing my math classes difficult, yet watching these videos gave me a relaxed perspective where my mind actually has had "light bulb" moments to pass many of my exams. Yay Math!!
I am a 30-something college go-back, and I watch the yay math series quite a bit. It covers plenty of relevant material, even on the collegiate level. Ahdoot, is amazing, and his "professionalism" makes the subject much easier to follow.
To the presenter: Bro! Keep up your work, you may be just a High School Math teacher (as you put it), but you've got the skills to lead a Math-e-me-nation!
I'm 29 glad to read someone else my age is back in college. I found my passion for engineering late. I hated math in high school. it was taught by other students. bad school. now I want to understand math. it is hard. this teacher videos has helped me in my precalc class.
Sir Robert, you're really a great teacher. You always inspire me to learn my Geometry. Im not anymore afraid to do my assignments, seatworks, recite in class or take exams. I just say "YayMath!" before I do it . . . Thanks a lot! Maraming Salamat po, Sir!
I've had horrible math teachers my whole life. Now that I'm in college, I'm suffering even more than I did in high school. I do very well in all of my non-math related classes and have had a 3.9 GPA. Math has really ruined my life and has postponed me from getting my degree sooner 😔
don't mind me I'm binge watching ted ed talks to clear my math anxiety
awesome great job robert
OMG! I wish you were my teacher!
What a great concept!
Good luck to you!
i'm a north african and i'm jealous of the students of this teacher
he's so cool ad understanding
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Wow I'm so stoked to start watching these videos. I'm going to google yay math and figure out your website/you tube channel. I just started going back to school after years of being a server and bartender! I'm so excited to finally get into math and science: something a should have done a long time ago. Thank you.
I wish i had a math teacher like him, i wouldnt have dropped maths classes at grade 11 ... now o cruelly need them to do well in computer engineering since ive been admitted in it for college. Anyway im gonna do my best and catch up with his videos :)
My problems with math began about the time the alphabet got involved. No, some time sooner than that. Maybe 6th grade or so.
Long division confused me, as did subtraction. Decimals tended to have their way with me as well. But when letters got involved, it was all over with.
I thought I could scoot by in remedial easy math classes, then take some silly liberal arts math class in college and be happy flipping burgers with all the other LA grads.
With the basic math, I was repeatedly told just keep practicing. I never seemed to develop super skills. Later in HS, I had to take algebra because the requirements were lowered for the remedial. Or raised. Either way, I no longer qualified. "Just follow the directions." They said. I did, until I got something wrong. Then it all fell apart. Usually went like this...
"Why is this wrong? I followed the directions as told."
"You must have missed a step. Do it again."
"Yep, step by step. Wrong. Why?"
"Oh, this one is different. You have to do it this way."
"Is there a way to know when this happens?"
"You just have to know it. You will know it when you see it."
"Apparently not."
And on and on. Eventually I was told that I had to learn to think outside the box. Great. When I asked them to teach me that, they said I either could do it already, or I would never be able to do it. When I said I did not know how to do it, I never heard that phrase before, they simply said I was flawed. I come from an era (or at least a school district) where teachers just gave up on students and focused on the ones who "got it." That whole order of operations would screw me up, too. I swear I was taught to competing ways at they same time. Do multiply first. Do division first. Its amazing we have advanced as a species.
Thank you Mr Robert Ahdoot ...I'm taking maths I'm 58 years old teacher son I can share my skills with all my students ...thanks to you. ..I'd love this to benefit all beautiful Souls ...just like my dear Friend Mr Francis Tsuro who supports me on this journey he encourages me having both of you ! HAVING YOU YAY MATHS TEACHR IM BLESSED😊INGRID ZINDE SOUTH AFRICA PRETORIA,MAMELODI EAST. 😊
What an honor, Ingrid. Thank you.
this guy gets it.
I've only had one or two instructors who taught math in a way that was effective and easy to understand. Otherwise, math seems to only be taught by number geniuses and geared toward students who pick it up easily. Those of us who do not are left in the dust.
been watching yaymath since 6th grade, hs senior now. Cant count how many times his youtube channel saved me, and even today.
I love yaymath and Roberts way of teaching, I am truly grateful for what he has done. Math was definitely my worst subject in High School and when I had to take Algebra in college I was stressed about it, but I found his channel on TH-cam and it helped me get an A. I wish I could meet him personally to express my gratitude towards him.
Robert, you sir, are a stud. Thank you for your inspired work. Your videos helped me personally and for that I am very grateful.