New Insights and Their Implications

I have already learned a lot of new information pertaining to the concepts of mathematics, but the piece(s) of information that captured my attention the most so far in class were the test results. I have always considered the US to be on top and be successful when it comes to comparing us to other countries, but that was not the case when it came to the test scores. Not only were our test scores lower, they were extremely lower in some cases. This was an eye-opener and pure evidence that we need to step it up and start bringing some fresh, new ideas to the classroom instead of the boring traditional teaching styles. I strongly believe that we need to let students understand the different approaches to solving math problems and encourage them to explore different approaches. Students should also be rewarded for showing creativity and developing or experienmenting with new learning styles. I feel students also need to absorb more of the information by going more into depth on the material they are learning. As a future teacher, I want to do more than just simply demonstate the problem and then send homework home with the students. Taking a fresh new approach and a step further into the learning material will make a difference in how the students learn and retain the information!