Blog Four: Questions and Answers

My question is: How do we as new teachers keep ourselves from falling back on the "old way" of teaching math?
I think there are many ways to confront this problem. Some of these could be:
-Never be afraid to try something new
-Learn from the students
-Collaborate with other teachers
-Learn from other teachers
-Never be afraid to ask for help

Blog Three: Summary and Synthesis

I think the Cognitively Guided Instruction that we have just learned has been the most beneficial part of this class. I wish we would have spent more time in class on it. I think this class has helped me understand how children think about math and also that there are many ways that children think about math. This math class has also helped me understand some math things that I previously did not understand completely. Now it is up to me to put my knowledge from this class into motion in the future.