Category Archives: Motivation

Parenting, math, and the Growth Mindset

https://www.youcubed.org/handout-for-parents/

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3 Things Students Want to Hear

   http://www.edutopia.org/blog/students-desire-to-hear-from-teachers-lori-desautels?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

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I want math to be realistic and meaningful

realistic: I take this from Flickr from CU-Boulder and Freudenthal Institute US hosted the Fifth Realistic Mathematics Education conference, or RME5, in September of 2015.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/downclimb/sets/72157656469778994/  Realistic: imaginable, realizable, not just “real-world” Meaningful: significant, relevant, important, consequential, telling, material, valid, … Continue reading

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Motivating the Unmotivated

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/motivating-unmotivated-chelsea-dale?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc 

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