Research On Cultivating Interest Of The Middle School Students In Mathematical Learning

Past till present, Students' examination results in mathematics often negatively correlate with an interest in mathematics. Traditional formal education in mathematics equips students with a firm mathematical foundation, but the process relies on stereotypical rote learning. Students may not like mathematics and may even grow to dislike mathematics. Under the current Quality-oriented education policy, there is emphasis on cultivating learning interest, but the mathematics results of students show polarization. We attribute this to an imperfect appraisal system and the students' superficial mathematical interest.This study aimed at finding a strategy that enables students to develop fundamental and deep interest in mathematics, improving students' mathematical score in general, thus eliminating the phenomenon of negative correlation between genuine interest in mathematics and mathematics scores of the students.This study uses qualitative research methods, where questionnaire survey, interviews investigation and teacher's natural observation are conducted during the normal course of classroom teaching. Among them, about feelings method and success-oriented method is by interview, The qualitative research method of questionnaires is used on the research of learning of mathematics history, efficient learning method and the students' existing aggregate interest in mathematics. The qualitative research method of natural observation is used on the activities method, Mathematical Olympiad method, information method, psychological guidance method, the students' mass class involvement and etcetera. After practical research and integrating other frontline teachers' practical teaching experience, the thesissums up the nine effective methods: activities, emotional, psychological guidance, success-oriented method, Mathematical Olympiad, history of mathematics and mathematics beauty, participate in, efficient learning, Information Technology. The research found that out of the nine methods above, the activities, history of mathematics and feelings about mathematics beauty are the most conducive methods in quickly arousing the interest in students, but the impact on examination results was not obvious.The research also found that the emotional method, psychological guidance method and success-oriented method are effective in internalizing the mathematical interest of the students. It was also found that students' Participation in classroom and the efficient method can improve the student's mathematics scores in general. Lastly Mathematical Olympiad method and information method can trigger the students' curiosity in the mathematics subject.