Extra Blog: March

This month I began working with students who were having difficulty with the classwork in my mentors class. By doing this I was able to see first-hand what worked when teaching students a difficult subject. For the most part it was just communication. Communicating the correct way to tackle the problems was an important factor that I had to work with the entire time. My mentor doesn't have time repeat herself over and over again so when it cam to these students, some clarification was needed for them to completely understand the subject. This just helped me decide which one of my answers the best. I believe communication is incredibly important and that when it is done correctly students will be able to understand any aspect of the subject.

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is the most important part of teaching?

2. Do you believe that teamwork is important to learning math?

3. How do you implement teamwork into your classroom?

4. Do you find that students do better when asked to preform in teams?

5. How much time is set aside each day for teamwork?

6. IS communication important while teaching a math class?

7. What is the most dificult thing to communicate to your students?

8. How much time is set aside for actual lecturing time in class?

9. How often do you communicate with parents?

10. When communicating with parent what are some of the things you go over?

11. Is patience important while teaching a math class?

12. Did you find it difficult to transition from learning higher level math to teach lower algebra 1 material?

13. How much time is set aside for students to work individually?

14. How often do you check on your students and how they are doing on problems?

15. do you usually assign difficult problemns for students to try and then give them plenty of time to attempt them?

16. What time of problems do you assign for homework?

17. Why is your classroom set up the way it is?

18.How long have you been teaching?

19. How much time do you put into teaching math?

Blog 17: Answer 3

what is the best technique for teaching algebra 1 in terms of maximizing scores on standardized tests?

patience is the best technique to teach algebra in terms of maximizing scores on standardized tests.

Patience makes students work on their subject without letting getting stressed

Patience allows teachers to work with students who do not understand the topics well

Patience allows students and parents to figure out what is going wrong at the school.

"Teaching Children Patience - Classroom Caboodle." Classroom Caboodle. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2015.

I believe patience is an important part of the classroom because it allows for better student teacher relationships which will better the education of the students. This will help everyone become better students and teachers.