New Insights and Their Implications

Teaching and learning math is way more than I thought it was. I have learned a lot about problem solving and how it should be taught in the classroom. Students need to be able to brainstorm the problem and create different ways of coming up with one solution. It is clear to me that not every student is going to learn in the same way so by having students communicate the different ways they found a solution to a problem, it might help other students understand the concept. Also, after talking about the South Dakota standards today, it made me think about what I am doing when I am picking standards. I feel that I will analyze the standard more after this class period as well as look at the National Standards and Curriculum Focal Points.