What is Expectations of Success

With technology increasingly prevalent in schools, it is critical that pre-service teachers learn how to select and use technological resources, such as digital curriculum, to support student motivation and learning. By presenting a framework that maps certain digital mathematics curriculum features onto specific motivational factors, this book chapter provides guidance for teacher education programs to select and adopt digital curricula that not only supports content learning but also promotes students' motivation for learning. To build the theory, the authors conducted an exploratory case study, examining the use of a specific digital mathematics curriculum in a middle school classroom. Results demonstrate that authenticity can aid student motivation, but culturally relevant pedagogy is also needed; interactivity can support motivation and engagement, but interactions should target students' conceptual knowledge; easy to use curriculum supports learning, but should also be easily incorporated with a learning management system.