I enjoyed watching this video as I am certified to teach math, but do not teach math in my current teaching position. I agree with the speaker, Dan Meyer, that many math students struggle with math reasoning and being patient problem solvers. Dan included 5 symptoms of students that tell teachers that they are teaching math reasoning wrong. These symptoms include:
1. lack of initiative
2. lack of perseverance
3. lack of retention
4. aversion to word problems
5. eagerness for formula
Dan went on to explain in his lecture that teachers need to take textbook questions and turn them into questions that promote math reasoning along with patient problem solving. Dan also stated that we need to insist on better math curriculum for our students and include the following five suggestions into our teaching to help our students be better at math. Dan's suggestions are:
1. use multimedia
2. encourage student intuition
3. ask the shortest questions you can
4. let students build the problems
5. be less helpful
What a great informative video and captivating speaker!
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