New Insights and Their Implications (Blog #1)

This month I have learned a lot about how to teach mathematics. Going into this class I was unsure how to explain concepts to other students. I really enjoy how we are discussing with each other how to explain different concepts. Every student learns differently and by showing us all of the different ways we can solve problems we can keep this information in our notes so when we teach it to students we can show them that there are more than one way to solve a problem. I also learned that it is important to have a variety of questions to show examples of when teaching mathematics. As a teacher, I need to have students perform a multitude of easy, moderate, and difficult questions and also show them how to do some of each for examples. I also need to find different ways to get students to have hands-on learning when it comes to mathematics so they can perform trial and error for themselves without the aid of the teacher. The final thing I learned this month was that teachers need to give little help to students when they begin their work. We need to let them try things for themselves and not just give them the answer.