Edutopia – Andrew Boryga
“Lately, the students in Michelle Russell’s high school statistics class in Alabama use the same phrase to describe how they feel about math: “sooo boring.” Teachers have always had to contend with the anxiety students feel in math class, but Russell, a veteran instructor, says the “this is dull” attitude students now bring to the subject has made her rethink her strategy. “If they think math’s boring I need to do a better job showing them it’s not,” Russell writes in a recent article for MiddleWeb.” (more)