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Mathematics studies should be transformed into everyday conversation topics.

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Matematiği günlük hayattan kopuk bir şekilde öğretmeye çalışıyoruz. Eğlendirerek değil ezberleterek öğretmek.

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Kindergarten kids love math. Getting acquainted with numbers, subtraction, addition, sets, sequences through play.

I think that later in school the whole approach to the subject changes and it becomes difficult and uninteresting for children.

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Ezber yerine ispat. test yerine yaparak öğrenme ile daha kalıcı bir öğrenmem mümkündür bence

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I'm  a maths teacher and some of my students claim that they hate maths.In my opinion ,the new generation needs a more practical approach to maths rather than teori
cal.They become more interested if they get involved in real experience and use technology to learn.

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Math is perceived by students as a difficult discipline that they are not able to understand. Also they think that is almost impossible to improve their competencies in math.

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my students do not like studying theory from books. Engaging them through interactive tests and examples or by offering them interdisciplinary courses where they can play both math and technology. You create a friendly environment in the classroom and see improvements. I'm a math teacher but my love for matter started only at high schools ... before I myself saw it as a boring and mechanical matter because they explained it to me without passion and rigidity.

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Math is unpopular because "moves the brain" and most of pupils don't use their abilities!

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I think my students are enough motivated because I try to make Mathematics funnier, useful and close to their context. I also use a variety of resources, many of them related to using ICT devices.

And yet, I listen every school year expressions like “I’m not good at Maths” or “I never liked Maths”.

I think they come to my classroom with so bad motivation because the majority of our current Math teachers (at least in my zone) are still using 20th century methods.

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I only teached in adults classes, in which the students wanted to learn, but they did not feel good enough to do that. Most students said they did not like math, which was caused by lack of patience to resolve the problems. they had all the symptoms mentioned in the video, so I concluded that there was a problem in teaching.

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In my opinion Maths is considered too difficult because it require to think.

So I see in my students a low motivation and they don’t believe to improve yourself. But, when I try to teach mathematics by playing, then my students are interesting.Their justifications are that in this way every rule become easy. Actually, this isn't always possible.

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In kindergarten students like |Maths. They count in daily situations and when they face a problematic issue they try create their rules to solve it. They think and find solutions through games.

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Many students are frustrated by math because the curriculum is big and they must learn it in short time.And their interest are different by our.They don't see for what need the math.I think I have to encourage the pupils often and propose many games or use new Technologies in learning.We have to put the theoretical notions in  our reality,

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It's funny being in opposing continents the problems of our students in mathematics are the same. My students and I have been a teacher for 25 years, most of them, when they enter math class and they already have 4 years of teaching, they soon enter the weight of mathematics being difficult and not being able to have good results. Some say, "My father did not understand math." Is it not to understand the math and chromosome that passes from father to son? !! Let's go to work we can’t allow this and I always try to demystify this question, we can’t, but we have to realize, participate in our knowledge, clarify and work ...

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In my opinion little kids like maths ... They like to count, play games, discover rules.
Only school mathematics forbids them. Kids need to think steadily, to solve the test.
Children don't understand this and start guessing. And mathematics begins to be difficult for them.

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I think that many students have some prejudices towards mathematics; they think it's difficult, that they will never understand it; often they think it isn't useful in everyday life. In this way they close their mind, and learning become more difficult. So, the first thing a teacher must do is to take them to have more confidence in themselves, although this is a very difficult task above all when they aren't interested in.
I think that a new way in teaching Maths should help.

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Our students have a low motivation and engagement. There are many reasons for this situation: they have too  many  gaps, different interests (sports, social studies, etc),  they don't understand the importance and links to the real world, they had teachers who make them hate maths.

Maths is perceived like a hard subject and most of the students believe that is impossible to improve their maths competences.

It is need of hard work from teacher and students together, good collaboration and communication, various strategies, methods and tools.

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"Math  is difficult and too abstract"; " I can't understand it "; " I don't know how to use it in the real life" these are some really common opinions...
Students sometimes don't believe in themselves and in their abilities. They are too worried about failure.

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In my opinion Maths is unpopular for many reasons:
1. pupils listen their parents and other adults which hate Maths and/or they are proud not to be good in Maths;
2. usually students which choose to became teachers for children hate Maths but they have to teach Maths (unfortunately it happens in Italy);
3. not all teachers want to attend a course and compare their teaching style with other teaching styles;
4. it happens that in the same school teachers of Maths don't discuss about what are the main contents and how to teach that content;
5. often the classroom are not suitable to our students, to their learning styles;
6. pupils are often facilited in their difficulties and they are not incited to deal with problems;
7. finally, as CLIL teacher, after studing CLIL methodology, Maths teachers teach content without teaching the specific language you need to speak about Maths.

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From my point of view, the problem is the traditional method of teaching Maths. Teachers can not teach any subject like 30 years ago. My students like Maths because they learn playing with different materials.

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ĢLoving Maths i s teachable A teacher who loves Maths accidently teaches his/her student to love Maths.  The one who dislikes the subject  gives pupil the feeling that Maths is just a truble. Maths are loveable and magic.Their use is obvious as soon as we decide to saw it.
We Greeks are blessed. Our language , greek or hellinic, is the only one worldwide based on a mathimatical base. Someone who loves greek language loves Maths even if he doesnt realise it. Someone who loves Maths loves greek language too.
Let children love Mathematics by playing by music by acting by succeding by gaining goals and target points.
Let children find the pleasure of exploration the joy of ecxperiment to built critic method of thinking sientifical method of acting mathimatical skills .Give them the weapon to live a better and easier life.
Teach them to love Maths

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It is true that Math is not popular with the majority of the students. In my carrier, I have met many pupils who believed that they are bad at math and they are afraid of them, or they found math boring and not useful. The abstract nature of math, the tenacity to formula and the lack of thinking mathematics, have based beliefs like: math is only for the clever people, or for boys etc. Students have changed their perception’s ability, when they had the opportunity to get involved in activities that encourages creativity, curiosity, play and fun.

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Maths is unpopular  because It is necessary to work, to be patient and not give up.

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Maths is unpopular because it is considered difficult and not easy to understand the text of a problem etc.

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i am a primary techer, so I have to teach maths, every day and open my studetns" minds to see that everything is maths: in learning mother language, there are repetitive roules, in arts, to have a good picture, in history, for the most important events for the people.... and the list can continue...so a smart maths people can solve any problem, can find a solution in a hard situation... that"s maths..

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I think that the idea that a student has ”a math brain” or he/she hasn`t got ”a math brain” is the reason why some teachers induce a kind of frustration in their classrooms . If we start from the idea that everyone can learn it, and we search for the best methods to help students understand math, then I think math will be fun and easy for the most of our students.

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As math teacher I have seen that there are several reasons why students don't like math. Even math teachers are usually seen as the worst ones. Traditional way of teaching is the main reason why students don't like it. Write-learn-teach-notebook-chalks-blackboard.
BUT We need to TEACH using Internet for math lessons-discuss depending on situations-group works-PBL- twinning classes-using simple materials eg I used 2 children toy cars and a ruler to teach f'(x)

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My students love math lessons when they are organized in the computer room. Students use online applications to solve math problems
But at lessons organized in an ordinary classroom - they quickly lose interest.
Many students are frustrated by math, because the curriculum in Moldova for 7 years has not changed. The topics for the study are not selected according to their age

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I'm a primary school teacher and the first 15 years I have never taught math, I did not like much,

when the opportunity was presented to teach math at the beginning was scared of not being able but then I started to love this discipline and I tried to convey this love for math also to my students, using different strategies.

In my opinion, it depends on us teachers  to do to love students any discipline,  trying not to make it

boring any lessons

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As an English teacher, I can frankly say I love maths! In Turkey, if you are an English teacher, people think that you have no ability to do maths that's why you are an English teacher. However, I like teaching English and like Maths thanks to my great teacher. He taught me that English and Maths are same, both of them are kind of puzzle. Thanks you Mr. Ozhan.

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Why is maths unpopular?
What was or is your students' motivation and engagement level? Do they believe in their ability to improve? Have you had students voice their dislike of Maths to you? What were their justifications? Why do you think many students are frustrated by Maths?

I thought about the answers of the questions above. And to answer them, I looked back to my memories which ı got during teaching process.
Parents:
A great majority of parents say "Math is so hard to understand. Also I wasn't good at maths when I was a student."
This is a wideaspread prejudice and really affect students in a negative way.

Students:
Attitude of my pupils is differ from each other. The first time they met  with me, most of them say "I dislike, I couldn't understand, Why  I need math..etc." . By the time of progress their opinion is changing.. After they see their achievement they believe themselves and gain self-confidence.

Main reasons such as techniques and methodologies used in math lessons, inadequate teacher skills and abilities, not knowing why math is necessary have an negative effect on students' motivation and engagement level.
I believe we can do better for our pupils.

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In mathematics, patience comes first. Because the children of Alpha and Z are impatient, they are prejudiced against the mathematics lesson.

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My students seems to like maths, but they believe that can improve themselves. They haven’t told me that they don’t like maths. Sometimes they find difficulties at some aspects or exercises. I think they get frustrated when they aren’t used to try and they don’t have the retention needed.

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Maths demands hard work so we must teach the beauty of the challenge, the joy we feel when we solve a difficult problem, the perseverance and the effort to understand and learn.

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Mathematics is a discipline with its own characteristics. To study mathematics requires a special attitude. It is necessary to see the beauty of mathematics. Students need to practice and understand the usefulness of mathematics in everyday life.The question that I get more often from my students is "what do I need this for?

In fact, Mathematics is used in practically all areas: Economics, Computer Science, Mechanics, Financial Analysis, among many others. Because in our society the sciences and techniques evolve vertiginously, the increasing complexity of theoretical concepts, given the progress of technologies, creates the need for an increasingly strong mathematics. Hence, mathematical science is taught in our day in almost the entire civilized world. The main question that arises is: How to teach mathematics? And the problem is the same as always: How to motivate the student? How to teach him to think? How to make it autonomous?

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Many students voice their dislike of Maths and I believe that this happens because of the way we teach them. We must to encourage them and help them with many ways to practice and believe that they can be better and better.

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Unpopular? Hmmmm....not really!
It just needs the brain to be used, and this is something difficult for some people. But Maths can be popular if we start motivating our students.

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In my opinion, Maths is unpopular becouse it's not about memorizing facts , it demands logical and abstract thinking, persistence and hard work.Maths could be more popular if it were devided into two parts: applied Maths ( mandatory, for every-day use, real life problems) and traditional (optional, for gifted and/or inerested students). Both parts should be taught in a way that motivates students as well as teachers.

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It is considered very difficult

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This year I started with my new 7th graders by asking how they feel about studying math. I got both answers where students said it is easy and answers where some said they hate it, its boring and that they are bad in it. Not one of them said its interesting or that they love it!
I think every students do know the importance of math really well and some students get their motivation by the fact they need it in the future. It is truly important to know the level of every student, both gifted and those who are struggling with basic math and they should all be able to learn on their own level. That is many times hard to arrange with big classes.
One problem is the one we saw on the video, Problems we have on books don't make students want to solve them with passion. For teacher its easy to use book as "a guide" but it would be important to seek inspiring problems out side. There are a lots of things one can improve and this is perhaps what makes this job so intresting :)

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I think maths is unpopular  because of the strong connection between the concepts that form an extremely dense network and if a gap creates it is difficult to reconnect

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I believe students' motivation and engagement level is directly connected and depends on 2 things. Firstly the connection with real life and real life problems (questions like "why do we learn this?" or "where can i use that?" etc pointing out the uselessness of what am i about to teach them are very often especially to 14-17 year old students). Secondly, the impact of the teacher on his way of teaching and ability to make what he is about to teach attractive and interesting.

I think most students like every person can improve, not taking in mind the level of improvement (don't forget everyone differs) or the time it takes so (especially the time is highly related to the given effort) as long as they have appropriate encouragement to do so. I believe students know they can improve but maybe their lost of interest or inability of the teacher to intrigue them plays a decisive role.​

Not to forget, as said before everybody is different so it is not expected that all students must like maths, which goes without saying for any given subject. That said, a number of students dislike maths, as a number of student dislike history or chemistry etc.
Maths is a subject in which throughout the years  a student accumulates and expands his knowledge. So, any gaps of knowledge are also carried forward to the next grade and expand as well. That i believe is something which can explain why many students are frustrated by maths. Somewhere in the process they have missed a piece/pieces of information which are needed or are prerequisite for the next level, thus creating a vicious circle.

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My students say they love math because I always encourage them and I propose exercises with fun games and workshops.

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My students like math  ,in generaly,but i try to use new technologies in learning :mobile learning,lerning using music,youtube

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I think many of my students not even try to discover what math is. They heard from their older brothers/sisters, parents... that math is hard and they believe that. It is hard to change their mind because to succeed in math you need a lot of practice. And that is what many of students don't like.

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Mathematics tends to become, due to its ultimate goal namely to pass an exam, a boring object. At math time you will learn some formulas to help you reach your goal. In a few cases, you learn what it is good to know math and how to apply it in everyday life. Children now have many means of information and many computing tools; they thus lose the desire to know what the algorithm is underlying the operation of the applications they are using. Adult futures are thus only consumers of the final result without knowing how they came to it.

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Mathematics becomes unpopular when the theoretical notions are not explained by applicative exequences. If in the 5th grade students say they like to play, like math and like to watch science shows, as they grow up they lose the pleasure of working on math. why? Because the game is replaced by patterns by which they learn arid methods of problem solving, without letting them be creative. math is just a passing exam and not a real life tool

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Maths is all around us. We should make our students aware of that. We are surrounded by numbers and problems that we all need to solve every day. We are all mathematicians indeed, but we are not aware of it!

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"Math is hard, boring and not useful" students say... We need to change the way we teach Math. We need more engaging linked to reality lessons, but above all we need to fight against stereotypes!

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I would estimate that about 80% of my students are motivated by grades and the other 20% are motivated by a desire to learn. I would say they are often engaged but that many (especially grade oriented students) have little perseverance. I think part of this comes from a desire to not be wrong or a fear of being wrong. We discuss a lot how mistakes are part of the learning process and that it would be silly to spend hours doing things we already know how to do and therefore it makes sense that we make mistakes along the learning path. A lot of my students have actually said that they enjoy math but that they don’t feel confident in it and many students I’ve had that dislike math have told me later that when they understand they enjoy it. So I think that a lot of dislike about math comes from a misunderstanding of skills or of finding things hard. Especially in a day and age when our students get immediate response to all their questions at their fingertips with the internet.

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In my work I have noticed that some parents may easily say to their children" I wasn't good at maths when I was young". I am always trying to tell the parents not to pass their own bad Maths memories to their children. Because most of my students basically like Maths. Of course they sometimes have to work very hard to understand the problems and learn new counting strategies and problem solving skills. But when they have these problems it really doesn't help if parents tell them "you don't have to understand this because I didn't understand it in your age". Parents and teachers job is to motivate the students to use their own brains to ask questions and try to find out the rights answers and not to give up so easily.

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In my opinion many students don't like Math because they missed in the past some logic connections in understanding algorithms and abstract concepts.

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Students find maths difficult for three reasons in my experience. 1. They come with a pre-conceived idea that Maths is hard and boring, a message they hear from parents and media. 2. They started learning Maths with a teacher who did not love or understand it themselves, or a teacher who used a single teaching methodology that did not address all student learning needs and blamed the students when they did not understand. 3. Competing with the remote control, instant entertainment world that discourages perseverance and investigation.

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Students find maths difficult for three reasons in my experience. 1. They come with a pre-conceived idea that Maths is hard and boring, a message they hear from parents and media. 2. They started learning Maths with a teacher who did not love or understand it themselves, or a teacher who used a single teaching methodology that did not address all student learning needs and blamed the students when they did not understand. 3. Competing with the remote control, instant entertainment world that discourages perseverance and investigation.

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Why not? My students aren't afraid of Maths....I always forget to tell them it's Maths they're studying. And they achieve the goals without realizing it.

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From my point of view, mathematic is unpopular because students find difficult to see it around them. Also, in math class you have to think and students prefer to do things automatically. Another problem is that it is an abstract subject and needs concentration.
In addition,they constantly hear that it is a very difficult matter and almost impossible to understand.
Attending to teachers, over the years has been taught without showing its utility in daily life and in a very theoretical.
So we have a lot of work ahead to chage all those topics.

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In my opinion students dislike Maths because they don't link Maths to real life.

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Maths is unpopular because it is considered a difficult subject, where it is need to work constantly to understand it. Another reason is that students don't have enough examples to show them that what they learn, like a particular formula or a theorem, is apllied in real life.

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The biggest problem is that pupils always hear that math is difficult. When I start teaching new class, it usually takes a long time to teach pupils to ask and not to learn by heart.

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I teach math on 2 levels. There are mathematical gymnasium students that listen to 5-6 math lessons a week and then there are vocational students that listen to 2 lessons a week. One is more theoretical math and the other is practical. This helps me as a teacher to make math more about life. The vocational students don't like math at first, they think it's hard, they don't need it for there jobs, but then they realise that it's usefull to know it. For gymnasium students its also usefull to see how the formula and theorems are connected to the real world.

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Most of my students like Maths and they believe in their ability about this subject, even if 3 of them think that they are not able by Maths.
They don't say that openlu but I see their thought through their eyes.
I think each student has his time to understand and maybe their

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ANTONELLA SORCI.                         Kids usually deal with mathematics with a certain weight early on, thinking they will be fatigued and will not understand it. But I believe that with will necessarily be so and that everyone will be able to review his position and improve. Especially in the medium, math should be proposed in such a way that it is operative, fun and concrete and although sometimes it fails, it is necessary to do everything because it is so

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ANTONELLA SORCI.                         Kids usually deal with mathematics with a certain weight early on, thinking they will be fatigued and will not understand it. But I believe that with will necessarily be so and that everyone will be able to review his position and improve. Especially in the medium, math should be proposed in such a way that it is operative, fun and concrete and although sometimes it fails, it is necessary to do everything because it is so

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I think that most of the people see math like a set of formulas and calculus procedures
without sense and tie with reality.
I try to transmit to my students that math is useful in the reality and that the mathematical concept that they are studing are the outcomes
of research originated by real problems; infact I think that can be useful including in the lessons something about the story of mathematic.
Also I think that it's useful show at the students how math is applied in many reality problems and try to give them to solve real problems.
I try to encourage my students but it's not easy because math is a matter that needs good logical skills and not all the students have these
abilities,
students recognize this fact and use it for motivate their hate for math.
Certaily the teacher can, with a right didattic project and the right words, convince them that they can improve, but isn't always easy to do.

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I try to make math more fanny for my students, because they have difficulty to learn math. Lest year in my country math plans has been changed and many of teachers had a problems with math curriculum because for them it is something new and they can easily be familiar with ''New Math". But this year things get normal and we start to familiarizing with math

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Hi, Its Simona from Italy, I teach in a school for adults. I can say I agree with each of you, but what I really found interesting is ...it's not an Italian problem!!! in my expereince, I noticed many students have a bad memory of their math at school, also thew believe they are not good in maths so they basically are discouraged to learn. Also I strongly think they need more time in order to assimilate basic skills and to be able to use them in a critical way.

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I'm a teacher of English AFL in a secondary school but I also teach CLIL  with my Maths colleague to  5th class students who are  going to enrol university.  I'm very keen on Maths, it is really everywhere! However, in order not to make Maths unpleasant and boring, I feel that the right approach is necessary  and today methodology can help a lot.

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Why is Math unpopular?
Well, I don’t think math was a unpopular activity, What it happens is that math are noticed by people as an elite activity far away from  reality and real life, and there are only a few people who  is able to understand and apply it. Without a doubt, the main reason to this perception is the way maths are learning and teaching; like an abstract subject  which  have noting to do with real life, but however, math have to do with activities we do continuously, but  teacher can’t transmit ours students unfortunaly: to locate, to communicate, to designer, to play, to measure and to calculate

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Why Maths unpopular              Ζoi, Greece

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Why Maths unpopular              Ζoi, Greece

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I teach mathematical concepts in kindergarten and educate teachers to teach them. I have found that kindergarten children show enthusiasm by participating in mathematical actions when they concern everyday problems, challenge them and give them the motivation to participate. In particular, when given a scenario in which they are asked to find a solution. With teachers, the data is different because they find it difficult to find ways to teach mathematical concepts. They can not make them interesting to children but also find the right material and apply the appropriate methods.

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I have taught classes in Secondary and in the university. Some of them are phobic about some experience that frustrates them and that they do not know how to solve. On the other hand, it depends on the enthusiasm and passion of the teacher that touches them. I have had students who do medicine have gone to make the race of physics for a research work on black holes. I understand that we have to connect them with the reality that surrounds them. This type of students who already feel rejection, if you see the application in what they like to get hooked.

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I'm a primary teacher of math and science. It is not easy to teach these subjects to students that are so young, but I'm trying to do it through games and fun experiences. Because of this playful approach, a lot of my students like math very much. However, the general thinking is that maths is difficult and too hard to understand. The first reaction of my students to a new subject is to not even try.

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The students want the results "right here, right now". That"s why they don"t like math, because math means practicing and doing hard work and they can"t stay focus for a long time (they need to do something from the real life).

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Regular learning is main requirement to study math.  Students want all immediately and without their energy.  If there is not possibility to google it out they are not interested in it anymore.

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Students love to learn quickly. They will not make much effort. Pupils enjoy learning what is useful to them. They do not understand that math is everywhere. I love math. I include in lessons problems that students encounter in everyday life.

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I agree with Dan Meyer about teaching Math in a way that can improve intuition. Personally, I have always tried to give the opportunity to my students to undersrand Math  through Learning by doing. We are actually surrounded by Math and all we need is to take ideas from everyday life. Whenever I have lost the link with reality I have experienced the boredom with my students. They also experience motivation when they feel I'm involved myself.

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Maths is undoubtably important for our students to succeed in the 21st century. Personally, I enjoy maths and I think this reflects in my class as they too tend to show a preference. I find those children lacking motivation are the ones who struggle and so showing a lack of interest appears to be a better option for them. I always aim to make my maths hands on and hopefully provide enough variety in tasks to engage every type of learner.

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Mathematics demands constant work and there is no shortcut in Mathematics. Some students  don't learn it regulary, they compare it to other subjects where they can skip some parts of that subject and learn some other parts of it and still be good at it, but there is no skipping in Mathematics. If you skip too much, you are in trouble. Mathematics is usually too much hard work for them and they can get much better grades in other subjects with much less effort. That is why many students quickly lose their motivation. They say they are simply not good at Mathematics and give up.

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Maths is everywhere. My little students (7 years old) generally like work and play with maths. I hope they will not loose this good way to see it.

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Some of my students are frustrated by Maths too. My opinion is that they haven't developed some fundamental skill enough. Every year Maths is more and more difficult for them and they have to make an effort to improve their knowledge. Some of them succeed, but some don't.
Situation in my class is similar Lena's (Germany). One of (good) students offten asks me: 'Where will we need this in everyday life?' Sometimes I can't answer, but I tell them many times that mathematical thinking is good for their brain and when they are solving mathematical problems they are developing. If their brain are not active enough it is not good for them - like muscles of a sportsman - he has to train, otherwise ...

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Not all my students love Maths. They say:"We're usually bored with the numbers". For this reason, I make my class a pleasure place where they want to be, first of all.
Students learn in different ways. It's important to use alternative strategies to help them feel confident in their mathematical abilities.
A lot of students are frustrated by Maths as their teachers have often an approach such as "Because I said so!".A good Math teacher should be a facilitator of teaching, providing support and guidance where needed.

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"Maths is the alfabeth which God used to write the universe"; G.Galilei
For this reason Maths would be natural for everyone. Teachers are
very important for the first approach in primary school. When students grow up they lose interest in study maths and feel are unable to solve problems and to learn correct process.

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In my class the students have a good motivation in studying math but they lose it year by year. A lot of them think that they can't improve in this subject because someone else have to help them. I really agree with the video assumption that our students are looking for sit com problem. They have so little patience. On the other hand so often in math, unlike in language study, you can find yourself blocked and unable to do anything. I really like these ideas to teach math in a different way, but I ask to myself: it requires a lot of time, have we enough time? And, will this cause a lack in language skills?

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In my point of view the Math is not for everyone. It is a very hard subject to learn it. The students should very clever and to love this subjet in roder to say that they are goon on this subject. On the other hand the Math teacher must connect the Math with the problems or exercices from our day by day life. This means to be capable to do it and it is not so easy. As we see the Math is a global problem and i faced with this situation many times. For example: the most of the bad grades are at the Math subject and most students are not promoted to mathematics. That's why most of the students don't like mathematics.

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In my opinion Maths is unpopular becouse there is a problem in the transmission of the sense, the meaning of the subject.
Often teachers aren't be able to connect Maths with the real life of students. I'm totally agree with Dan Mayer.
Maths have a different language, a different code, but also this way to think can be (and have to be) developped.
I think that teachers should be able to intrigue and not to scare students.

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I'm totally agree with what Dan Mayer says in th video: math didactic is disconnected with reality. What you are asked is a sort of quiz where you have to find the right solution among . of defined and limited  data. This is not reality, life is more complex and more interesting. We should connect teaching with real life and give the opportunity to the student to learn by discussing, observing and doing. IT could help us to create a better learning environment. Children in the primary school like math, but when problems are more abstracts they feel like not having the skills and they dislike math.

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Well, I think there is a problem with that question in the sense that it implies that maths is unpopular no matter the country, the gender or the socioeconomic background of the learners not to mention other aspects of the educational phenomena such as the content knowledge and the pedagogical content knowledge of the teachers and their expectations from their students. It is not a given such an assumption and if we take it for granted that maths is by their nature difficult for the vast majority of our pupils then maths will be difficult no matter what we do. Pedagogy calls it “a self-fulfilling prophecy”. Therefor I think the question should be like this: “Why is maths considered unpopular?”.

According to my experience, I’m ambivalent. Students are hardly ever motivated and engaged. Boys often are better than girls but not always, and pupils whose parents hold a tertiary education degree are far better than pupils from lesser advanced backgrounds. Students in general, say maths is boring, difficult to comprehend  their concepts, useless, irrelevant and excessively abstract. However, there are those who say “I like to draw lines and cycles and triangles and I find pleasure persisting to solve hard problems and riddles”. Students, nevertheless, are not to be blamed, there is a constellation of other factors to be taken in to account. Teachers training and professional development, insufficient textbooks, class size, poor use of the ICT, not enough teaching time and gender stereotypes are some of them.

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I can say I agree with each one of you, and the most interesting is....it is not an Italian problem! I noticed many students have a bad memory of maths at school, since primary school. So they keep thinking they cannot acieve success on it. Also i noticed children love maths at the beginning of primary school, after that, when topics start becoming more complex, they get frustrated and sometimes they feel anxiety. In my opinion lessons should include mainly basic skills and lot of time for the students to assimilate them, so they do not get in a hurry!

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Many students are not motivated to study math, especially those with more logical difficulties because they can not solve the exercises alone and therefore do not get the satisfaction from being able to solve the problem alone. Many students do not have the perseverance in continuing to study math, they have difficulties at first and do not understand that engaging they can overcome them, they surrender at first.It is also true that mathematics taught at school is too far from the real world to be appreciated by pupils. I agree that teachers should work harder to make it easier, but above all more useful. Sometimes, it might serve to teach it in the form of a game. Of course, it is difficult for teachers to do it without a hard work.

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If Maths is unpopular, my opinion is that it is learned as a sequence of automatic procedures. Mathematics, instead, is Science that requires reflection and much semantics: understanding the meaning of words and the meaning of what is done. Another important aspect is that we evaluate the mistakes in a 'punitive' manner, this discourages students. The mistakes, on the other hand, must be an opportunity to reflect together and find the solutions. If we teach Maths as 'discovery' and as a game we can make it love by our students~

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If math is only a a series of repetitive exercises, the pleasure to operate with the numbers exhausts in few months or years.

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I think that everything that is unclear is clear or that it is far from everyday experience becomes unpopular. Mathematics if taught only as a succession of calculations and exercises does not affect students. More involvement by students is provided if math becomes useful for solving everyday problems. In this regard, recent textbooks in Italy present various "reality tasks", that is, the analysis of real and everyday problem situations that give students awareness of the importance of the math study to be applied in solving problems that occur daily .
Another issue derives from the clear understanding of discipline, which is not isolated units, but from knowledge and concepts that are closely related to previous knowledge and concepts. Consequently, I believe that those who teach must be sure that students have learned math concepts safely before passing on the explanation of knowledge.
Sometimes, however, those who teach are interested in completing the school curriculum at the end of the year and therefore do not always focus on consolidating certain concepts.