Summary and Synthesis

I was really impressed with our book we have been looking at and using in class lately. We have been talking about (CGI) or the teaching techniques of Cognitively Guided Instruction. I really enjoyed watching the videos because they gave you a first hand look at how this teaching technique is used in a classroom. I also believe that asking a question to the whole class and allowing them to work to come up with an answer is great. It is important in my eyes that they come together and discuss what they did to figure out the question as group. This was also demonstrated in the video. By allowing students to use a variety of manipulatives to aid in their solving students will come up with unique ways of discovering the answer. This technique helps students learn the material more in depth rather than just memorization. Watching these videos helps me see how I can use this teaching technique in my future classroom.