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  Title

  Motivation and disposition : pathways to learning mathematics

  Author

  Brahier, Daniel J.  

  Publisher:

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,

  Pub date:

  c2011

  Pages:

  x, 303 p. :

  ISBN:

  0873536614

  Item info:

  1 copy available at New York State Library.
  

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  Motivation and disposition : pathways to learning mathematics
  Brahier, Daniel J.
  

  Control number:

  ocn715171259

  ISBN:

  0873536614

  ISBN:

  9780873536615

  Local control number:

  (OCoLC)715171259

  Call number:

  375.51 qN277 202-983 2011

  Title:

  Motivation and disposition : pathways to learning mathematics / Daniel J. Brahier, William R. Speer [editors].

  Imprint:

  Reston, VA : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2011

  Physical description:

  x, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Series:

  (Yearbook / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ; 73rd)

  Note:

  Includes bibliographical references.

  Contents:

  Introduction : motivation and disposition : the hidden curriculum / Daniel J. Brahier -- Part I. Perspectives on motivation and disposition -- Overview / Denisse R. Thompson -- ch. 1. Motivation and self-efficacy in mathematics education / Dale H. Schunk and Kerri Richardson -- ch. 2. A model for mathematics instruction to enhance student motivation and engagement / Janette Bobis . . . [et al.] -- ch. 3. Identity development : critical component for learning in mathematics / Alan Zollman, M. Cecil Smith, Patricia Reisdorf -- ch. 4. Recommendations from self-determination theory for enhancing motivation for mathematics / Daniel J. Ross and David A. Bergin -- ch. 5. Student dispositions with respect to mathematics : what current literature says / James Beyers -- Part II. Cultural and societal issues -- Overview / Marilyn E. Strutchens -- ch. 6. Mathematical dream makers : how two different math departments brought about equity and high achievement / Jo Boaler -- ch. 7. What motivates students to take advanced mathematics : a rural perspective / Rick Anderson -- ch. 8. Factors that motivate aboriginal students to improve their achievement in school mathematics / Kanwal Neel -- ch. 9. What motivates mathematically talented young women? / Hortensia Soto-Johnson, Cathleen Craviotto, Frieda Parker -- Part III. Motivation and disposition in the classroom -- Overview / Melfried Olson -- ch. 10. Metaphors : a powerful means for assessing students' mathematical disposition / Jinfa Cai and F. Joseph Merlino -- ch. 11. Using prediction to motivate personal investment in problem solving / Lisa Kasmer and Ok-Kyeong Kim -- ch. 12. Developing persistent and flexible problem solvers with a growth mindset / Jennifer Suh . . . [et al.] -- ch. 13. Mark's development of productive disposition and motivation / Hope Gerson, Charity Hyer, and Janet Walter -- ch. 14. Listening to mathematics students' voices to assess and build on their motivation : learning in groups / Amanda Jansen -- ch. 15. Motivating mathematics students with manipulatives : using self-determination theory to intrinsically motivate students / Brett D. Jones, Lida J. Uribe-Flórez and Jesse L.M. Wilkins -- ch. 16. Using movies and television shows as a mathematics motivator / Elana Reiser -- Part IV. Professional development support -- Overview / M. Lynn Breyfogle and Marian Small -- ch. 17. Bringing cool into school / Keith Devlin -- ch. 18. Venturing into storybooks : motivating teachers to promote mathematical problem solving / Jane M. Wilburne and Jane B. Keat -- ch. 19. TARGETTS : a tool for teachers to promote adaptive motivation in any mathematics lesson / Melissa C. Gilbert and Lauren E. Musu-Gillette -- ch. 20. Developing prospective teachers' productive disposition toward fraction operations / Juli K. Dixon . . . [et al.] -- ch. 21. Transforming mathematics teachers' attitudes and practices through intensive professional development / W. Gary Martin . . . [et al.].

  Summary:

  "Teaching mathematics is a much broader endeavor than simply helping students to acquire skills and problem-solving strategies. Teachers also strive to develop motivation and positive dispositions toward studying mathematics--aspects that will have long-term effects on everything from students' confidence to do mathematics to their career choices. Each lesson in a mathematics classroom should take into account students' motivation level and dispositions and have as a goal the development of these affective characteristics. Explore a wide variety of perspectives on motivation and disposition as these concepts relate to mathematics teaching and learning. NCTM's seventy-third yearbook examines such elements as the demographic composition of a school; the role of movies, television, and the Internet; and nontraditional pedagogy as means of promoting and influencing positive student and teacher dispositions. Motivation and disposition can arise from diverse sources, and many factors can magnify--or diminish--both. The presence or lack of curiosity, ambition, parental influence, teacher encouragement, peer pressure, and future goals--these and other elements play central roles. Against these realities, cumbersome rhetoric is less effective than concrete ideas for implementation--this book offers a perspective to the reader that reinforces action."--Publisher's description.

  Held by:

  NYSL

  Subject:

  Mathematics--Study and teaching.

  Added entry:

  Brahier, Daniel J.

  Added entry:

  Speer, William R., 1946-

  Added entry:

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

  Series:

  (Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) ; 73rd.)