MAKING MATHEMATICS MEMORABLE

We all use strategies throughout our day to remember the variety of facts and ideas we need to retain. It is valuable for teachers, therapists, and parents to understand the memory process in order to become better equipped to help our students understand and use strategies.

I want students to be less stressed before math tests.  I do not want them cramming the day before, asking me how to do every review problem because they have already forgotten, then asking me for more review problems to work.  I want students to connect the ideas not only of the current unit, but of…

Motivated by Julie (see LOTS of good conversation on this document) and by Pam, I made my own Make It Stick handout for students. I plan to assign this as homework the first night and spend the second day discussing it in class. (The first day I want to do YouCubed.org’s first day of inspirational math week.)

The book Making It Stick - the Science of Succesful Learning has caused me to consider how I approach practice and assessment in my math classroom. The section "Mix Up Your Practice", in particular, provides ideas for considering why spaced practice, rather than massed practice, should be considered in all courses. But it was an anecdote…

Professor Michael Britt has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology and teaches Psychology at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. He is the founder of The Psych Files podcast, which is consistently in the Top 10 of iTunes Higher Education podcasts and has over 10 million downloads worldwide.

'Motivation is the most important factor in determining whether you succeed in the long run. What I mean by motivation is not only the desire to achieve, but also the love of learning, the love of challenge, and the ability to thrive on obstacles. These are the greatest gifts we can give our students.' (Dweck 2006)

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