New Insights and Their Implications

I think the biggest thing I've learned in this class is that the way I was taught math growing up is completely wrong! I always had a very traditional way of learning math; my teachers talked about the new concept for awhile, gave us a worksheet to do, and after enough lessons, tested us on it. There weren't many hands-on experiences provided to us students. When it came time to take a test, we just memorized the equations and answered the questions. After the test was done, pretty much everything we memorized was forgotten. That would probably explain why I'm not very good at math now.

I guess I never really knew that there was a different way to teach the information. But thanks to this class, my conceptions on teaching math are changing drastically! Although there are times I get frustrated in this class, I can honestly say I'm learning so much and actually retaining the information because we're doing hands-on activities and working on constructing our own knowledge. I really see the benefits of teaching math in this manor. I hope to be able to adopt this method in my own classroom. I think my students would really benefit from learning this way!