Summary and Synthesis

This semester we have learned numerous concepts and easy ways to use them in our own classrooms. We've been taught how to teach in a different way. We've learned many tools both hands-on and in groups. I've been really interested in learning about why we do certain things in math, such as flip the fraction when we are dividing. I think these types of concepts are importnat to learn because many students will ask why we do something. I think these concepts have taught me to appreciate math more because in the past no teacher has told me why we do things the way we do them. Most of the time we are just given math equations, a few examples, and then given a bunch of math problems to complete. I've never liked that way and it made me hate math. The way we've been learning how to do math makes me more interested in the material. This semseter has made me more confident in math and I hope my confidence continues to grow by the end of the semester.