Enhancing student motivation in mathematics through teacher ...
Enhancing student motivation in mathematics through teacher ...
Enhancing student motivation in mathematics through teacher ...
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Spot Errors: FoodHealth Screen<strong>in</strong>gError?Test resultYesHave diseaseNoPositiveNegative• Have disease, probability of positive test = .95• No disease, probability of negative test = .94• Probability of disease <strong>in</strong> population = .005• What is the probability that a person has the diseasegiven a positive test? Make a guess.OverviewWong (AME-SMS 6/6/13) 49OverviewWong (AME-SMS 6/6/13) 50Enjoy, Curious, Fun• Young children are <strong>in</strong>nately curious;“why?” questions.• Lose curiosity with age.• Lillian Weber: Children beg<strong>in</strong> school withan exclamation po<strong>in</strong>t (!) and a questionmark (?);• too often they leave as a pla<strong>in</strong> period (.)• Reverse the trend.OverviewWong (AME-SMS 6/6/13) 51OverviewWong (AME-SMS 6/6/13) 52
Change language