Blog #1 Insight/Implacation

In the first couple of weeks in this class i have already started to view math education in a different way. I think having students develop and struggle with the concepts they are learning before just giving them the formulas that go along with them is a great idea. Students will learn faster and retain more knowledge if they have a deeper understanding of the material they are covering than compared to being given the formulas and told to use them because they work. Even though i don't plan on teaching math this idea can be translated into any other subject that i can teach. As a good teacher i have to make sure the students make the material their own and fully understand it instead of just memorizing, regurgitating, and forgeting it.