Motivating Math Students

Strategies to Motivate Students

While the design of PLC-MAP is focused on building the ability of the intern teachers to teach using authentic inquiry, we feel it is important to address other topics to support the new teachers. If you are planning a professional development program for alternative certification teachers, then you should know that the concerns of our teachers are focused on issues surrounding student motivation and controlling negative bahviors in their classroom.

Other links to math resource web sites, include the The Math Forum at Drexel University, which has a nice library of articles, lessons and resources that can help motivate underachieving students. Even more ideas (large list) is available at the Mathematics WWW Virtual Library.