08/05/2021 05:43:16 PMClinical Assistant Professor Justin Burris believes anyone can be a “math person.” 
Growing up, he was taught that people were either good at math or a lost cause. However, after majoring in elementary education in college, Burris truly understood the power of great teaching. Today, he prepares aspiring teachers at the University of Houston College of Education to be math people so they can instill that same belief in their future students.
"The way we were taught in schools was usually about mathematics as rules and procedures,” Burris said. “We want our teachers to understand that everyone thinks differently because of their culture, backgrounds and communities, and those strategies are valid.”