New Insights and their Implications-Blog #3

I have never loved math, but have always gotten through it with help from others. I can relate to using CGI because hearing how somebody else does a problem has almost always helped me. As a result, I will use cognitively guided instruction in my classroom because I know the benefits of using it. Additionally, I learned there are even books that use CGI that teachers can include in their classroom libraries. I think students can really benefit from trying to solve the problem on their own, using their own processes, and sharing their ideas and strategies with one another. As a future teacher, I would like to be able to see how math is taught using CGI. I do like the idea of CGI, but I have one concern with using it, which is the time. As a teacher, we have to cover so many topics for students to be able to do on the standardized tests, so letting them discover the answers and develop the formulas on their own takes a lot of time. I am just curious how teachers use CGI but still cover the entire curriculum. Overall, I think CGI is a good thing, I just don’t know how it works out in an actual classroom with all the content there is to be taught.