Knowledge, skills and attitude are the components for learning and teaching Math. While specific topics for knowledge and skills can be debated, attitude is much harder to measure and define.
Improving attitude helps students tackle Math problems and helps build useful life skills such as resilience and persistence. This month's Recommended Reading discusses autonomy, mastery and purpose as the three elements of motivation and attitude which help people succeed at work, school and home. |
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Recommended Reading
 Dan Pink addresses motivation at work, at school and at home and defines Type X individuals as extrinsically motivated and Type I as intrinsically motivated. The book's Type I toolkit includes a section for parents and educators that includes ideas for self-awareness and long-term perspective such as "Turn Students into Teachers" and "Help Kids See the Big Picture". Pink offers three elements of true motivation: autonomy, mastery and purpose. He focuses on self-direction and uses Wikipedia as an example of people's willingness to work without monetary reward. |
KSA (Knowledge Skills and Attitude)
Knowledge, skills and attitude are known as in educational psychology as the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. Attitude can help people to achieve their goals and to improve their everyday lives. There are many flavors of motivational and inspirational material, however, business and management success literature can complement educational psychology to inspire the development of personal success habits for school, work, and life.
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