Blog 8: Researching and working EQ

1. What is your working EQ?

What is the best way to teach students math so they can do better on the CST's?

2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format. 

• Students need to be motivated to learn and succeed in a classroom.
• One-on-one time with the teacher is very important for a student.
• Great work ethic is required for students to greatly advance in this field. 

3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?
"9 Strategies for Motivating Students in Mathematics." Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2014. <http://www.edutopia.org/blog/9-strategies-motivating-students-mathematics-alfred-posamentier>.

This article talks about the different ways to motivate students so that they can do better in their classes.
4. Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

Mentor: Laura Murillo

Mentorship Location: Rivera Middle School

Reason: Laura Murillo is a math teacher at Rivera Middle School, and this is important because it gives me first hand experience at what teaching math to middle school students is like.