Comments on: Math motivation: Attitude, anxiety, and achievement

By: Maria Luke

Maria Luke — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:31:37 +0000

Great information, will be sharing with my team.

By: Sarah Nitsos

Sarah Nitsos — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:01:17 +0000

I struggled with math all through school. It began in third grade with timed tests and totally turned me off from math. Unfortunately then people let me off the hook by saying, “Your are just not a math person. Some people are good at reading and others math.”

This article shows how important it is to foster a good math relationship for our students. Our district is working on CGI ( Cognitively Guided Instrction) in Math and it seems to be really changing our students relationship with math. Excited to see how it pans out as students progress.

By: Alisha Taylor

Alisha Taylor — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:44:57 +0000

This is a great article that I will be be sharing with my coworker.

By: Melissa C

Melissa C — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:25:03 +0000

I love this article! It highlights how critical our responses as educators are to students who do not always provide the correct answer. Math classrooms should be very low risk settings for this very reason. Your classroom should be supportive, encouraging, and one with a sense of community that is evident on the very first day in order to have successful students.

By: Angela Domond

Angela Domond — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 04:37:33 +0000

Students who are more confident in math usually have better problem solving skills.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:52:08 +0000

I think that if we start in kindergarten making math concrete for them they will not struggle so much as it moves toward the abstract. Too many abstract concepts are begun before they are ready to think this way, and this produces the feeling of “I’m not good at math”.

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:53:22 +0000

I LOVE Math….and show my excitement for it daily. I try to use this to encourage my Second grade students to love math also by showing how fun it can be.

By: Kelsie Haggard

Kelsie Haggard — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:02:03 +0000

Very interesting data, motivation is extremely important.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:57:24 +0000

Great information!!!

By: Alejandra Hernandez

Alejandra Hernandez — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:37:57 +0000

It is important to motivate the students.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:37:19 +0000

Attitude and Motivation are everything !

By: Melissa Bernard

Melissa Bernard — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:19:32 +0000

I am sharing this with our math teachers!

By: a

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:06:42 +0000

trying to find ways to supplement the math program to keep it interesting. same ole activities day after day. kids – and me – get tired of the lessons

By: Alecia Walkuski

Alecia Walkuski — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:05:17 +0000

While I don’t teach math, a fellow teacher who does has this technique for boosting math motivation: She gives students one point of extra credit for writing “I love math” on the top of their assignments. It helps to put a positive spin on things.

By: Ami K. Edwards

Ami K. Edwards — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:42:08 +0000

Great information and yes the attitude towards math is important.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 01:54:27 +0000

Again, showing how important feedback is when educating students.

By: carly

carly — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 01:52:56 +0000

One more idea to motivate students: Let them retest! AM makes retesting easy. Sure they may need to do another exercise and maybe they received too much help on a practice so a test generated before they were really ready. So what. The number one way I have removed test anxiety is by showing students that they have the opportunity to improve. As long as the students are motivated to improve, I let them. After all, most important is mastering each concept. If they fail a concept, I don’t think it helps to just move students along to fit a pacing guide. AM is perfect for letting students practice new and older concepts at the same time. Therefore, I allow my students to keep testing until they pass!

By: David Keech

David Keech — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:43:28 +0000

We also use Genius Hour with our 7th grade students, helping them connect math to the topics in their world that interest each student. This makes math relevant and gets kids excited about math connections.

By: Liana Ferrer

Liana Ferrer — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:11:18 +0000

Not a math teacher, but I still encourage my students to practice their skills.

By: Milecha Young

Milecha Young — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:35:20 +0000

I make sure that math is fun to them. I try to open with something interesting and relevant to students.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:23:08 +0000

I struggled with Math. As a learner I would have appreciated one of the suggestions from the article to “Tell students what they have to learn, what is expected of them, and how they are progressing.” Knowing in advance what I was going to do and how I would be expected to learn it would have been helpful. I can help my students with Math now because I have all those teacher plans with that knowledge and I get it. I let them know too and I see less anxiety and more asking for help.

By: Rita Platt

Rita Platt — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 03:58:53 +0000

I LOVE the section on how to motivate students for math learning.

By: Dvawn Maza

Dvawn Maza — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 01:47:55 +0000

Very good information and very encouraging!

By: P R

P R — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:09:31 +0000

I have my students engage in small group task assessments in which they work out a problem using the skills they have been taught. In other words, I have students apply the skills that they have learned in a problem solving situation.

I also have my students create an Interactive Math Notebook over the course of the year.

By: Shonda Hill

Shonda Hill — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:59:32 +0000

Great info

By: Lisa Capon

Lisa Capon — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:45:40 +0000

Great article. Good points.

By: Carol roberts

Carol roberts — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:38:25 +0000

So true!

By: Virginia D. Wiedenfeld, M.Ed.

Virginia D. Wiedenfeld, M.Ed. — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 21:27:34 +0000

I will be sharing this article with our staff!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:51:40 +0000

Encouraging words and offering extra help and resources. I also love to read stories about those who struggled in math and then changed their attitudes.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:29:17 +0000

This is a very powerful article. Telling students ahead of time what they are expected to learn and showing them their progress is important to build their self-esteem and see that math isn’t “scary”. Renaissance does a nice job of incorporating important items into their products, such as computer use, graphics, and personalizing math to each child’s level of learning.

By: s. bellomo

s. bellomo — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:17:00 +0000

BUILDING CONFIDENCE BY BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION WILL HELP STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER AND RELIEVE A LOT OF ANXIETY BECAUSE THE BASICS WERE STRESSED AT AN EARLY AGE AND NOT AS A CATCH UP IN LATER GRADES.

By: Lauren Thrasher

Lauren Thrasher — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:25:10 +0000

This is very interesting data and I will be sharing it with my math teachers. I love Carol Dweck and her research on growth mindset.

By: Jody Steinhaus

Jody Steinhaus — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:57:26 +0000

‘Students’ feelings toward math may play a role in achievement.’ I truly believe this. I try to encourage families who may not have had success in math during their schooling to stay positive and encourage the children in their math journey.