Questions and Answers

When I started Math Methods, I had questions. How was I going to effectively teach my future students beings I do not fully understand math? Am I going to be a good math teacher? How will I apply the knowledge I do have about math to my students? All of these questions have bothered me since I have decided to become a teacher. I now realize that it is going to take a great deal of effort and time to become the math teacher I really want to be. In order to be an effective teacher, I am going to have to retrain myself to think in a constructivist manner. This is going to be a lot of hard work on my part but very worth it. I do not want my students to go through life hating math like I have. I now realize that math can be fun and you can teach and learn math in a variety of ways that enhances learning for all. I now feel that I have the knowledge to make myself a better and more effective teacher for my students.

Personal Concerns and Next Steps

My main concern right now is the LPU assignment. I have looked at the information in the notes and I am confused on what all we have to do for the assignment. I feel like I am not sure exactly what needs to be included in the assignment. I have looked at the examples of the past lesson plans that were done and that has gave me somewhat of an idea on what needs to be done. Our group has chosen our topic, but we are not sure where to begin or what to do to even start working on our project. The next steps that I am going to take are to progressively break the assignment down into small parts to try to figure them out and better understand it. Our group is going to meet a couple more times to complete the assignment. We are going to try to finish the assignment this week, so that if we have questions we will be able to ask them. Hopefully we understand the assignment completely so that we can understanding it, so that we do not have stress out over it too much.