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This is a blog for Dr. Reins' elementary mathematics methods course.
Posting & Commenting
This blogspot for ELED 330 K-8 Math Methods serves three main purposes, (1) it is a method of assessment for the instructor to keep track of your reflective thinking in the course, (2) it provides formative assessment data which help change the course, for example, feedback on the pace, explanations, depth and breadth might change the instructor's course of action in the tentative course schedule and provide opportunities for "Just in time teaching", and (3) it creates a learning environment where you feel like you can connect and make sense of the pedagogical and mathematical ideas in this course with your peers. Understandings can be arrived at as a collective rather than an individual effort.
Students enrolled in ELED 330 K-8 Math Methods are allowed to post and comment in this blog. I would like you, as a cohort, to use this space as a learning board in which you seek knowledge from your peers in the course about things in this course and help other's come to the understandings that you have. This blog has been created as a learning environment for both the instructor and the participants in this course.
Students enrolled in ELED 330 K-8 Math Methods are allowed to post and comment in this blog. I would like you, as a cohort, to use this space as a learning board in which you seek knowledge from your peers in the course about things in this course and help other's come to the understandings that you have. This blog has been created as a learning environment for both the instructor and the participants in this course.
We are going to start this course with geometry topics, which K-8 mathematics geometry topics would you most like a content refresher and a deeper delve into current and best-practice teaching methods?
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So- as I clicked Post-it deleted my message-so here it is again. I am concerned that this new way of teaching may be hard to do since I am so comfortable with the old style of teaching. One thing that I like but I do find a bit confusing is the CGI model. Our group presented on the Addition and Subtraction using CGI. I understand that pretty well although remembering all the different types of problems was/is a little confusing. My concern is with Multiplication and Division using CGI. That seems extremely complex and confusing. A lot of the problems seem alike and it can be hard to tell the difference. I think this way of teaching can benefit students in numerous ways, but I think I just need to spend more time becoming familiar with it. Overall, I think since the last blog, I am becoming a little more comfortable with the Project Based Learning method.
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