Summary & Synthesis

Over the last month, I have learned a few important teaching strategies for teaching math. These ways of teaching were not how I was taught, so they seem somewhat exciting and somewhat scary at the same time. I have always enjoyed math and like figuring out why and how math works. The last month has challenged my math skills in a very different way. For the first time, I found myself struggling with math in a different way than I'd ever struggled with math before. I now somewhat understand how we're suppose to teach math to students; letting them struggle to come up with an answer. However, it's hard for me to completely grasp since I was taught math so differently. Over the last month, I have gotten frustrated with assignments and readings because it's forcing me to think about math in a completely different way. However, I still love math and am extremely excited to apply these teaching methods to my own math classroom.