Maureen Forde-Young

Using money to hold your audience captive is one way of keeping students interested in math.  Before you do this however, it is sometimes neccessary to give a pep talk.  Ask students to put past feeling about math aside and ask them to take the subject on as "a new challenge " .  Encourage them to be in it to win.  Find out what peaks each student interest (what excites them) and incorporate your findings in building your math examples. 

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