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Make math real --- "This is why you need to know this." Then make learning it real - using real life situations where you might need this skill.
Try to keep it simple and test kids often just to assess the skill they are learning. It doesn't have to be for a grade - just for your information. Then you will know if you're teaching them correctly. If they don't get the basic stuff they won't get the higher level information either - so check often.
My biggest pet peeve: Don't give them 50 homework problems to do -- big waste of time. Give them five or ten, and expect them to be done correctly.
A math teacher must tell his students the significance of the lesson to his students. He must show how can it be applied in our lives and how important it is. That way students will not lose interest on the subject.
Most of the math teachers I had failed on that.
Even though there aren't a bunch of answers, I'm going to still throw out what my ideal math teacher would have been even though it's rare.
I would have loved for a math teacher to just let me read an advanced textbook on math. I was always bored in math and I got it within 2 seconds.
That never happened, but one thing I did enjoy was teaching everyone else math. And most of the lower level kids liked hearing math from me rather than the teacher. Same speech, but maybe it was more comfortable for them.
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