After the first week of class I was beginning to wonder what I was getting into with this course. I have never felt like I was very good at math and was worried about this class before we even started, by the end of the first week I was a little confused over what was going on. Not only is this course different from any math class I have ever taken it is also different from any of the methods courses I am taking right now. In this course I am learning more on how to teach students and being shown a technique that will help students in any future class that I may have understand math better than if I just gave them answers, which is how I was taught.
Even though I have never felt that math was a strong suit I have never struggled as much as I am now. I am beginning to realize that since this is such a new idea and approach to math that it is going to take me a little while to fully comprehend what is happening. If I keep an open mind and be willing to struggle with the concepts, like Pick’s Theorem, then I think that I will have a great knowledge base to start teaching with. This course will help me provide instruction that will benefit students.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
New Insights and Their Implications
New Insights and Their Implications - What did you learn from your peers, from the instructor, and/or the readings, about elementary school students, and/or about yourself, and the teaching and learning of math and what are their implications to teaching and learning mathematics?
I was not exactly sure what to expect from this math course. I'm very used to learning math content and different approaches and methods to teach the concepts I learn, so I did expect to learn much about how I should be implimenting math instruction in the classroom. From what I've experienced so far in the course, I have realized I will be learning a very indepth approach to teaching math, and also realize I will need to be open to using different approaches, because we learn a lot about the methods that may be most appropriate for students. The instructor, in my eyes, has a very unique and new approach for teaching math in the classroom. The approach is almost nothing like what I've seen before, but seems as if it'd be very beneficial for math instruction in the classroom. The readings and assignments have been very indepth, and call for a great deal of analyzing, interpreting and using our pwn judgements and knowledge in order to work through different problems and methods. I have yet to learn a lot, but am constantly discussing with classmates about different ways to approach problems and material. I haven't learned a lot about how children are in the elementary classrooms and the types of math instruction being used currently, but I believe my knowledge in this area will become profound by the end of this course and I will be able to apply what I've learned to benfit students when giving math instruction.
I was not exactly sure what to expect from this math course. I'm very used to learning math content and different approaches and methods to teach the concepts I learn, so I did expect to learn much about how I should be implimenting math instruction in the classroom. From what I've experienced so far in the course, I have realized I will be learning a very indepth approach to teaching math, and also realize I will need to be open to using different approaches, because we learn a lot about the methods that may be most appropriate for students. The instructor, in my eyes, has a very unique and new approach for teaching math in the classroom. The approach is almost nothing like what I've seen before, but seems as if it'd be very beneficial for math instruction in the classroom. The readings and assignments have been very indepth, and call for a great deal of analyzing, interpreting and using our pwn judgements and knowledge in order to work through different problems and methods. I have yet to learn a lot, but am constantly discussing with classmates about different ways to approach problems and material. I haven't learned a lot about how children are in the elementary classrooms and the types of math instruction being used currently, but I believe my knowledge in this area will become profound by the end of this course and I will be able to apply what I've learned to benfit students when giving math instruction.
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