Motivating Adolescent Learners Summary

Motivating Adolescent Learners: Curriculum Based on Real Life Kelly Franklin is a math teacher in a middle school. She is teaching a lesson on discounts, percentage rates, and decimals. In the video, Ms. Franklin has set up a school store for her students to work in to create a real world experience. The students work in the store in the mornings and are fully responsible for the profits and products. With the store, students in her class are more motivated to learn the information so they can apply it to the store. Providing the students with a real world experience is a great motivator for students. It gives purpose to the lessons they are learning. Students are able to make the connections of hwo they can use this information outside