New Insights & Their Implications

Today in class we talked about the NCTM standards and the state standards. I thought that this was helpful because I think one of the hardest things about teaching is connecting the standards to the lessons. Breaking down the standards today really showed me that it does take practice to understand what the standards mean. I think it was also very interesting how vague the state standards were compared to the national standards. I always thought that the state standards were the easiest to understand but now my opinion has changed. I think the national standards were much easier to use since they were more specific. The focal point that was shown in class was also a great resource because it was even more specific then the national standards. Using those three resources will be very helpful when choosing standards in the future.