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ERIC Number: EJ464605
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Tips for Beginners: Attention Getters.
Moldavan, Carla
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n4 p297 Apr 1993
Proposes the use of humor and the personalization of word problems by inserting students' names in the problem statement as methods of gaining students' attention. Illustrates their use in a mixture problem and the Tower of Hanoi problem. (MDH)
Descriptors: Attention, Beginning Teachers, Humor, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Visualization, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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