Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Math Advice from Students Who Hate Math I always wondered by students never liked math, they dread coming into the class or lesson. Is it because of the teacher and how they instruct the lesson or is it because math is hard? What are some tools/strategies/ even advice for a future math teacher to make the math lessons more appealing for my students? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I saw a solution on here, and I commented something similar to this but I wanted to make sure my solution gets out there. Some people might said (have said) to encourage failing when it comes to math because that is how you learn. I would never encourage "failing" within the students because that will give them less motivation to try to get good grades because they will see it as the teacher accepting failing grades. I would instead encourage mistakes. I would tell my students that your brain grows when you make a mistake and realize what your mistake is because it you did not make a mistake, your brain stays the same. Praising mistakes is a better strategy than encouraging failing.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I like your philosophy of praising mistakes because mistakes = growth. Rated On: October 14, 2020 2:36 am Rated By: yzeDuh