New Insights and Their Implications

I learned by finding the area of a triangle and polygons that there is more than one way to come up with the same answer. Instead of plunging numbers into an equation. I can exactly see that you can make difficult concepts easier by using hands-on activities. If students can visually see how a concept works it makes the concept easier to understand and most students will remember it. This activity reinforced my belief that hands-on activity is a great way to teach math. I knew that hands-on activities were great with lower elementary students but this activity showed me that hands-on acrtivities are also a great way to teach hard concepts to older students.