Q & A

Like many, I was hesitant about taking just another math course. However, this math course has been unlike anything most of us have ever experienced. I did come into the class with many questions, such as “How am I going to start out with limited materials and teach math in an innovative way?” and “How long will it take students to adjust to this new way of doing math?” and “How much better are students actually performing?” I have found that there are many schools starting to incorporate this new way of teaching math and I am excited that these students are no longer being drilled for hours on sets of math questions that they will learn how to do after the test.

The way my past teachers and professors usually teach math is by the though, “There is only one right answer and only one correct way to find the answer.” I have had high school and college professors both take points off for not solving the problem right [a missing minus sign, numbers messed up]. I think this is unfair I strive to never do this to my students. I always wanted to know why it mattered about making little mistakes when I knew how to solve the problem and I got the answer right. I do not know if I will ever find out an answer to that, but I hope I never make my students wonder the very same thing.