| Description |
x, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Yearbook / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ; 73rd |
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Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) ; 73rd
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| Contents |
III. Motivation and disposition in the classroom. 10. Metaphors: a powerful means for assessing students' mathematical disposition / Jinfa Cai and F. Joseph Merlino -- 11. Using prediction to motivate personal investment in problem solving / Lisa Kasmer and Ok-Kyeong Kim -- 12. Developing persistent and flexible problem solvers with a growth mindset / Jennifer Suh . . . [et al.] -- 13. Mark's development of productive disposition and motivation / Hope Gerson, Charity Hyer, and Janet Walter -- 14. Listening to mathematics students' voices to assess and build on their motivation: learning in groups / Amanda Jansen -- 15. Motivating mathematics students with manipulatives: using self-determination theory to intrinsically motivate students / Brett Jones, Lida Uribe-Florez and Jesse Wilkins -- 16. Using movies and television shows as a mathematics motivator / Elana Reiser -- IV. Professional development support. 17. Bringing cool into school / M. Lynn Breyfogle and Marian Small -- 18. Venturing into storybooks: motivating teachers to promote mathematical problem solving / Jane Wilburne and Jane Keat -- 19. TARGETTS: a tool for teachers to promote adaptive motivation in any mathematics lesson / Melissa Gilbert and Lauren Masu-Gillette -- 20. Developing prospective teachers' productive disposition toward fraction operations / Juli Dixon . . . [et al.] -- 21. Transforming mathematics teachers' attitudes and practices through intensive professional development / W. Gary Martin . . . [et al.] |
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Introduction: motivation and disposition: the hidden curriculum / Daniel Brahier -- I. Perspectives on motivation and disposition. 1. Motivation and self-efficacy in mathematics education / Dale Schunk and Kerri Richardson -- 2. A model for mathematics instruction to enhance student motivation and engagement / Janette Bobis . . . [et al.] -- 3. Identity development: critical component for learning in mathematics / Alan Zollman, M Cecil Smith, Patricia Reisdorf -- 4. Recommendations from self-determination theory for enhancing motivation for mathematics / Daniel Ross and David Bergin -- 5. Student dispositions with respect to mathematics: what current literature says / James Beyers -- II. Cultural and societal issues. 6. Mathematical dream makers: how two different math departments brought about equity and high achievement / Jo Boaler -- 7. What motivates students to take advanced mathematics: a rural perspective / Rick Anderson -- 8. Factors that motivate aboriginal students to improve their achievement in school mathematics / Kanwal Neel -- 9. What motivates mathematically talented young women? / Hortensia Soto-Johnson, Cathleen Craviotto, Frieda Parker |
| Summary |
"Teaching mathematics is a much broader endeavor than simply helping students to acquire skills and problem-solving strategies. Teachers also strive to develop motivation and positive dispositions toward studying mathematics--aspects that will have long-term effects on everything from students' confidence to do mathematics to their career choices. Each lesson in a mathematics classroom should take into account students' motivation level and dispositions and have as a goal the development of these affective characteristics. Explore a wide variety of perspectives on motivation and disposition as these concepts relate to mathematics teaching and learning. NCTM's seventy-third yearbook examines such elements as the demographic composition of a school; the role of movies, television, and the Internet; and nontraditional pedagogy as means of promoting and influencing positive student and teacher dispositions. Motivation and disposition can arise from diverse sources, and many factors can magnify--or diminish--both. The presence or lack of curiosity, ambition, parental influence, teacher encouragement, peer pressure, and future goals--these and other elements play central roles. Against these realities, cumbersome rhetoric is less effective than concrete ideas for implementation--this book offers a perspective to the reader that reinforces action."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Brahier, Daniel J., editor
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Speer, William R., 1946- editor
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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| LC no. |
2011377663 |
| ISBN |
0873536614 |
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9780873536615 |
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