CESPE 2021: According to Jo Boaler, who is quoted in text 3A2-I, the modern understanding of the brain’s flexibility

CESPE 2021: According to Jo Boaler, who is quoted in text 3A2-I, the modern understanding of the brain’s flexibility

Text 3A2-I

“Millions of children, every year, start school excited about what they will learn, but quickly become disillusioned when they get the idea they are not as ‘smart’ as others,” writes Jo Boaler. That’s because parents and teachers inadvertently give out the message that talent is inborn — you either have it or you don’t.

As a math professor, Boaler has seen this firsthand. Many young adults enter her class anxious about math, and their fear about learning impacts their ability to learn.

“The myth that our brains are fixed and that we simply don’t have the aptitude for certain topics is not only scientifically inaccurate; it is omnipresent and negatively impacts not only education, but many other events in our everyday lives,” she writes. Even though the science of neuroplasticity — how our brains change in response to learning — suggests learning can take place at any age, this news has not made it into classrooms, she argues.

Some of our misguided visions of talent have led to racist and sexist attitudes, she writes. For example, many girls get the message early on that math is for boys and that boys are better at it, interfering with their ability to succeed and leading to gender disparities in fields of study related to math. Similarly, people of color may also have to overcome stereotypes about fixed intelligence in order to thrive.

How understanding your brain can help you learn.

Internet: <greatergood.berkeley.edu> (adapted)

QUESTÃO 14

CESPE 2021: According to Jo Boaler, who is quoted in text 3A2-I, the modern understanding of the brain’s flexibility

A) shows why students are stressed.

B) is not reflected in teaching practices.

C) explains why some people do well in math.

D) is being tested by teachers in classrooms.

E) has been widely adopted in everyday activities.

QUESTÃO ANTERIOR:

- CESPE 2021: In the second sentence of the third paragraph of text 3A2-I, “Even though” can be correctly replaced with

RESOLUÇÃO:

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GABARITO:

B) is not reflected in teaching practices.

PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO:

- CESPE 2021: The word ‘“inadvertently’” (in the second sentence of the first paragraph) conveys the idea that something is done

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