JUMP Math - Positive Effects on Student Learning

JUMP Math numeracy program is one of many remedial programs available that can help both students and educators with math anxiety. It was founded by Dr. John Mighton in 1998 and became an officially registered non- profit charity in 2002. It was created as a way to address and contradict the trend of low achievement in math for students who were affected by a fixed mindset that being good in math was a rare talent or a rare genetic gift. It was also founded as a way to help combat math anxiety in teachers by being centered around the idea that anyone can learn and teach math.

 

History of JUMP Math

 

•       John started as a math tutor for children when he was struggling financially as a playwright

•       He repeatedly witnessed the paradox of high potential and low achievement in attitudes of parents, elementary teachers with high levels of math anxiety, and students

•       John overcame his own math anxiety by deciding to pursue a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Toronto and has written 3 books that support his beliefs that everyone can be good at math, children and educators alike, and that it is not simply something you are born with

•       Since its founding it has grown rapidly over the years and is used by more than 15 000 students in the U.S.A, 150 000 + students in Canada and around 12 000 in Spain 

                                  

 

I strongly believe that JUMP Math would have profound, positive effects on student learning of mathematics. It's very similar to Carol Dweck's growth mindset approach, which has shown profound results in students by helping them realize their full potential and that success is achievable for everyone. A variety of studies have been done on the effects of JUMP Math, including two randomized control trials in 2013 and 2015 which showed that the remedial program made profound improvements in the attitude and achievements of students in the subject of math.   The principles of instruction used in this program are also supported by a large amount of research in cognitive science.

 

For more information on JUMP Math, how to register and purchase it for your future classroom, check out the following link:

https://jumpmath.org/jump/en/

 

Isabella@NU