Give 5 ways how students can love Mathematics?

please answer.. this is for our survey and we'll be posting this on our bulletin board..-thanks!

Give 5 ways how students can love Mathematics?
1- Maths never loved me, why should I love it back?


2- I'm already in a commited relationship
Reply:Could you rephrase your question? Do you mean WHY students should love mathematics?
Reply:I once had a student tell me that she loved my class, not because she loved math, but because I loved it so much, and it rubbed off on the class. I think there is an answer to your question in there.





Other ideas:


Be dramatic - or even melodramatic! Act out concepts with very exaggerated actions. Example: The associative property relates to your momma saying, "I don't want you to associate with that person." So, you get 3 kids, have one stand to the side while 2 hang out together - associate - then come say to one, you can't associate with him/her any more, regroup, go hang out with the other guy. Lots of stuff can be acted out like this.





Lots of hand signals attached to various procedures.





Lots of movement - don't spend the whole class with students sitting down.





Extended projects using real, hands on situations. Group work.





Rewrite the application problems using teachers' names, local businesses, the school's sports program, etc. Be careful about how you use students' names -- use them only where no one will be embarrassed -- but making fun of yourself is good.





Laugh a lot! It's infectious.
Reply:1. The teacher must be good! What i mean is that he should of course know maths but he should actually find ways to explain them and ALL students can understand the topics easilly without getting bored!





2. umm... can't think of others SORRY=/ it's all about the teacher actually! Mine is totally useless and i currently hate maths!;s
Reply:Here it is I am a math jr high math teacher





1) never give them more than 30 minutes of homework a night. the attention span of kids is low. I know they need to learn to focus but, math anxiety is a major problem with students who struggle with math. please give them a break.





2) give hints to major problems that are in the homework so when they get home they will remember how to do it.





3) make math fun for them. create games for them that will still get the point accross. for example i taught a lesson on theoretical probability vs experimental probability. i used PI yes 3.14 to demonstrate ratio's it is ratio of 22:7





4) when students are asnwering questions in class and they get stuck i give them a chance to ask a friend to explain to them so they can explain it to me. they learn fast to give you the right answer. it also saves embarrassment in front of others.





5 )have a session with your students if you already didn't about math anxiety and how they got it. educate them on this and have a class discussion. you will be amazed on how the kids learn about this subject. and i guarentee that you will have many students that struggle with math anxiety.





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if you need more assistance
Reply:have a really hot tutor or teacher


thats all i can think of
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