My past experiences in learning math has been taking notes and practicing problems working individually. My teaching experience in math has been taking notes, practicing problems, and applying concepts through solving real problems within groups. However, I often find myself using most of the class time lecturing (like I was taught) and realize I (the teacher) am doing most of the work within the classroom. Sometimes it becomes frustrating when the students still do not understand.
I realize that making a connection, helping the students understand why a concept is important is beneficial (ex. solving real world problems). I must now learn to allow the students to do most of the work, by solving, explaining, and using different strategies to solve problems in class.
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I can identify with what you've said. I have also realized that I've been doing most of the work in my classroom. I'm going to have to step back and let the students construct their own ideas and facilitate more discussions about mathematics in my classroom.
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