Lesson Observation
My class was learning
fractions, so any of the lessons I observed were on fractions education. She
used a lot of manipulatives and the doc cam for the lessons I observed. When she
was going over adding fractions, there was a lot of participation from the
students, and always a lot of hands being raised. Something I like that she did
was include the lower level learners. For example, there was one autistic
student who didn’t always understand everything the first time around. She
always gave him multiple opportunities to work with the numbers and to be able
to manipulate them and explain them to others. This is a great way to promote
learning and introduce a love for mathematics. The students al felt like little
mii teachers whenever they had the change to educate their friends on a brand
new way they found to represent a number, or an easier way to add or subtract
something.
I also observed her the
second week, teach decimals. She used drawings to represent the numbers, which I
thought was effective for the visual learners like myself. I do understand that
all learning styles need to be addressed, but she mostly taught from a visual
standpoint. Most of the time teachers teach their own students in the same way
that they were taught, or they will teach them using the same learning style
that works best for them, because it is what they are used
to.
She was a great resource for
me to use as far as giving me tips on mathematics education, more effective ways
to address concepts like word problems or division, and she has a wealth of
manipulatives for her mathematics instruction. I enjoyed seeing students help
each other become successful in finding answers to questions, and being
genuinely engaged and curious about
math.
fractions, so any of the lessons I observed were on fractions education. She
used a lot of manipulatives and the doc cam for the lessons I observed. When she
was going over adding fractions, there was a lot of participation from the
students, and always a lot of hands being raised. Something I like that she did
was include the lower level learners. For example, there was one autistic
student who didn’t always understand everything the first time around. She
always gave him multiple opportunities to work with the numbers and to be able
to manipulate them and explain them to others. This is a great way to promote
learning and introduce a love for mathematics. The students al felt like little
mii teachers whenever they had the change to educate their friends on a brand
new way they found to represent a number, or an easier way to add or subtract
something.
I also observed her the
second week, teach decimals. She used drawings to represent the numbers, which I
thought was effective for the visual learners like myself. I do understand that
all learning styles need to be addressed, but she mostly taught from a visual
standpoint. Most of the time teachers teach their own students in the same way
that they were taught, or they will teach them using the same learning style
that works best for them, because it is what they are used
to.
She was a great resource for
me to use as far as giving me tips on mathematics education, more effective ways
to address concepts like word problems or division, and she has a wealth of
manipulatives for her mathematics instruction. I enjoyed seeing students help
each other become successful in finding answers to questions, and being
genuinely engaged and curious about
math.