How to Make Math Meaningful

Video Transcript

"So how do you make math meaningful? Hi, I'm Jimmy and we're here to explore that, at, right now. One of the most common questions the students in math classes ask a lot is where am I going to use this stuff? Well, there's going to be oftentimes which you'll be asked that, but here's some ways for you to really think about that. One of the things to consider is the applications. Whatever ideas you're studying, think about where the concepts are used, what kind of areas are going to be using what it is that you're be studying from day to day. But the important thing here is, see if you can come up with a connection between the concepts and the students. Money is something that everyone as well as students can relate to. The more you can relate to money, perhaps the more successful that you'll be. But if you relate things to current events, for example, card appreciation, cd sales, they use a lot of algebra, believe it or not and when it comes to the loudness of things, you can use that towards the study of logarithms in college algebra as well as the magnitude of earthquakes which also uses the college algebra principles. But if you start each lesson by making a real world connection, you might have a chance to get the students to relate to what it is that you're about to study. And lastly, if the concepts are not going to be related to what you're studying right away, then give them a long term picture as to where they'll be using this in the near future. So, I'm Jimmy and I hope that you'll find some ways now to make Math meaningful."