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Case: Why do I need to learn this?
After coming up to the board to complete a sample problem, a student in your middle school algebra class becomes frustrated when she cannot solve the problem. In her frustration she remarks "Why do I have to learn this stuff, I'm never going to use it anyways!" After giving her several every day scenarios that require the use of algebra she is still not convinced and refuses to do her work. Now other students are complaining about the same issue and classroom participating is declining as well as student grades. How do you resolve this issue?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I would start every lesson with an explanation as to which objectives you are trying to meet and why. I would also make any practice problems more relevant to their lives b changing the names in the problems to the names of your students and by creating realistic problems that they might encounter. As for the first student who asked "why it was relevant", they are obviously acting out to avoid doing the work, probably because it is too hard for them. I would take the student aside after instruction and explain it to them privately, as a tutor would, until they grasp whatever the concept you are trying to teach them is. |
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| Comments: Relating the problems to the students personal life will engage them and make them feel more responsible for the task. |
| Rated On: October 13, 2014 5:07 pm |
| Rated By: sugeLu |
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| Comments: This is a great way to explain the issue with the students. Sometimes if you have one on one conversations it may sink in better with that student because it is more personal that way. I have seen behavior issues turn around by using this technique. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2014 1:33 am |
| Rated By: Brittany Green |
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Comments: If I were in this situation I would do just this.
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| Rated On: October 16, 2014 1:44 am |
| Rated By: Jocelyn Mitchell |
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| Comments: I think this is a great and effective solution that would help to change the attitudes of students and help them to participate more in math. I would use this in my classroom. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2014 8:58 pm |
| Rated By: esaSaV |
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| Comments: I agree with this solution and I would use it. Making the problems realistic is a good idea. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2014 1:04 pm |
| Rated By: Ashley |
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| Comments: I think it's a great idea, as a teacher, to make changes to certain problems in order to show students that they can be realistic and useful. This not only gives them the incentive to learn the content but also makes it more interesting. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2014 7:43 pm |
| Rated By: Kayla Campbell |
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| Comments: Great idea! |
| Rated On: October 18, 2014 11:20 pm |
| Rated By: Doniesha |
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| Comments: This is the best solution |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 3:07 am |
| Rated By: Neyvis Mendoza |
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| Comments: Objectives are good. Also addressing the learning issue and dealing with it. |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 3:17 am |
| Rated By: Deborah Guyton |
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| Comments: Great solution! |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 11:43 pm |
| Rated By: Chanell Wolski |
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| Comments: This is what I would have said, relevancy is so important for students to see. |
| Rated On: February 20, 2015 8:24 pm |
| Rated By: aBudyP |
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| Comments: This is helpful. |
| Rated On: February 25, 2016 7:53 pm |
| Rated By: duGyJy |
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| Comments: During high school, I often had classmates who would make the same remarks, the teacher ended up using our names in his examples and would call us to the board. This gained our interest, and showed how we would use algebra in the future on a more personal scale. Great idea |
| Rated On: March 6, 2016 11:57 pm |
| Rated By: paTaHe |
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| Comments: I think this solution is great and I would definitely use it in this situation. |
| Rated On: February 25, 2017 12:01 am |
| Rated By: RehaGa |
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| Comments: The student needs additional help and feels frustrated. |
| Rated On: February 25, 2018 1:35 am |
| Rated By: NaGava |
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| Comments: This is a great solution! It allows the teacher to defuse the situation in a simple way, as a well as address the problem privately. |
| Rated On: February 24, 2020 3:37 am |
| Rated By: agejeM |
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