Motivation. It can come in all shapes and sizes. I’m most interested in how motivation effects learning. Specifically, motivation’s impact on the relationship between teaching and learning.
I stink at math. Or at least that’s the story I’ve been feeding myself for the last 30 years or so. I feel like I’ve “Pavloved” myself. I see or hear some math that I perceive to be difficult and my brain starts to freeze up. I feel dazed and my head starts to ache. This is the way…