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9 Strategies for Increasing Student Motivation in Math

• Call Attention to a Void in Students' Knowledge
• Show a Sequential Achievement
• Discovering a Pattern
• Present a Challenge
• Entice the Class with a “Gee-Whiz” Mathematical Result
• Indicate the Usefulness of a Topic
• Use Recreational Mathematics
• Tell a Pertinent Story
• Get Students Actively Involved in Justifying Mathematical Curiosities

Edutopia article discussing 'Strategies for motivating students in mathematics' by Alfred Posamentier