Post on 03-Jan-2016
How Are You Motivating Students in
Your Math Class?Dr. Glen Richgels
Dr. Derek WebbBemidji State University
grichgels@bemidjistate.edu
The NCTM has a section of their website dedicated to motivation in the mathematics classroom:
http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=16479
Resources
Don't do their homework. Are brought to class by the police The police wait for them outside the
classroom Put their head down and pretend to write to
avoid class participation and responding in class
Miss class because of athletics Miss class because of extra curriculars Miss class because their 5th grandma died Missed class because they were in a ditch Left class because you called on them
Ever experience any of these?
They weren't in class last time Left their book in their car Dog ate it Left it at the relatives that they visited Left it on the bus Too busy with family schedule Couldn't remember what we did in class
Didn’t do homework because…
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Clickers
Please answer the following to the best of your abilityA. I am a femaleB. I am a male
Roll a 6-sided die once. What is P(roll a 4)?
A. 1/2B. 1/4C. 1/6D. 2/13E. Not enough information to determine P(4)
Roll a 6-sided die once. What is P(roll a 4)? Assume equally likely outcomes and S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
A. 1/2B. 1/4C. 1/6D. 2/13E. Not enough information to determine P(4)
You recently found out that the country Vulgaria has 112 McDonald’s Restaurants. Please use the regression model to estimate how many Nobel Prize winners herald from Vulgaria (you can round to the nearest whole number).
A. 14B. 49C. 26D. 5
Country Nobel Prize Count
McDonalds Count
Austria 11 148Czech Republic 2 60Denmark 13 99Finland 2 93Greece 2 48Hungary 3 76Iceland 1 3Ireland 5 62Luxembourg 0 6Norway 8 55Portugal 2 91Slovakia 2 10Turkey 0 133United States 270 12804