Another student quote jumped at me in this chapter, this time by Vance. “My math teacher keeps trying to connect with me using formulas and problems… if he could connect geometry angles to my interest in art of being an actor that would work” (pg 105). The quote comes in reference to connecting the curriculum to the real world.
This excites me because I have future visions of polling my students to see what they are interested in and then designing math tests with questions related to areas they are interested in. I know this will take a lot of time, but it will help the students see how math will be used in their life. It is a preemptive strike to the question of when am I going to use this.
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