Publication Date

1-1-2021

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Volume

11

Issue

1

DOI

10.5642/jhummath.202101.08

First Page

113

Last Page

135

Abstract

Students have a complex relationship with mathematics. Some love it, but more often than not, the feelings are less favorable. These feelings can lead to decreased motivation which makes it difficult for students to engage with the subject as the semester progresses. Instructors also have difficulty addressing this waning motivation. In this paper, we claim peers are better able to connect with the students and this can be leveraged to better motivate students. We present an approach to having peers motivate their students. These peer interactions integrated with a mandatory mathematics course might improve students’ motivation.

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Department

Mathematics and Statistics

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