New Insights and Their Implications

Before starting this class I knew that teaching math would not be one of the easiest tasks. I especially thought it would be challenging but rewarding at the same time. Since starting this methods class I realized that it truly takes more than just knowing how to do a math problem to teach math. It takes knowing the steps, how you came to such steps, and why you chose to use those steps. As our teacher you told us at the beginning of the semester that this class would be especially challenging to us and that mahy of us may struggle for somewhat of the semester. I believe you are right. I do not think that any of us have been taught math quite like this class, and from the sounds of it many of us still feel kind of lost. Every day that I come to class I learn something new and that really makes me happy. I am tired of sitting through boring education classes learning nothing. If I wanted to waist my money this way I would be addicted to gambling. I am hoping that this class allows me to teach math in ways that teachers have been failing to do for quite some time. Hopefully this method will boost the knowledge of math and the feeling towards math, resulting in better scores and knowledge. I think this class has a great constructivist view, and I am hoping to start seeing more benifits from learning this way soon!