Perceptions of teaching math

How has this course changed or not changed your perceptions of teaching math? I feel more confident about teaching math. When I was in high school all my teachers taught math pretty much the same way. They would do the examples out of the textbook and show them on the chalk board, and then give us an assignment from the textbook or worksheet. There was never an explaination of 'how' or 'why' we solved the problem that way just here it is learn it method. I now know that there are many different ways to teach math to students. It is good for the students to struggle with the material and work on it by themselves to find multiple ways to solve a certain problem. The students may also use (electronic) manipulatives to help them work out the problems intead of just paper and pencil. I will always find exciting, hands-on ways to teach math to my students so they become interested in it!