Summary and Synthesis

I believe it is getting harder and harder for students to become motivated in the math classroom. I know from my experiences in the classroom, most students (not all) portray a strong negative attitude to having to learn math. Mostly because they are not sure why they have to know many of the certain concepts portrayed in mathematics. I've heard this plenty of times even when I was in high school, "I'm never going to use this, so why do I need to learn it?" or even just the negative attitude to math in general. That is why I found the ten techniques to motivate students, we went over in class, very interesting and useful. It may be hard to find motivators for every math lesson, but for the lessons you do it can make the lesson that much more memorable. I think the summary of all the ten techniques is to relate mathematics with real life situations that pertain to the majority of the students in your classroom. Once a student has something they can relate to, it can potentially open their mind to what the lesson may have to offer them.