Sheila Tabanli
Educator and researcher focused on inclusive teaching, cognitive apprenticeship, and reducing the novice-to-expert perception gap in mathematics; developer of Math 125 and evidence-informed pedagogical frameworks.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 42min
Overcoming the Curse of Expertise and Other Ways to Be Inclusive in Our Teaching with Sheila Tabanli
Sheila Tabanli, educator and researcher on inclusive math teaching and cognitive apprenticeship. She explains the novice-to-expert perception gap and why trying a course as a beginner is eye-opening. She discusses balancing rigor with compassion, cognitive apprenticeship and interleaved practice, building classroom community, and practical study habits like retrieval practice and chunking.
