New Insights and Their Implication

I thought that this course would be way over my head at the start of the semester, but I enjoy doing activities and problem-solving strategies that are still challenging but still have a relation to teaching elementary students. I am looking forward to the rest of the semester and though the two big projects will be challenging they will be beneficial and a good way for us to stay responsible and hold leadership for ourselves in this class. I have especially enjoyed the 'laft' activity in relation to the optimal mean concept because I had no idea we would be learning about standard deviations and understanding formulas by simply estimating a spot on the 'middle' of the laft where a certain number lies. These situations will help us instruct our future students and be able to find ways of explaining various reasoning strategies and math implications in ways they are familiar and comfortable with. I believe this course will be still a challenge for me but it will be good to be forced to take the type of math we are learning to think about it as if I would be teaching my class someday!