Last night I got to thinking that many of my students go through the motions of doing the problems without developing a deeper understanding of the math itself. This means I have not spent enough time in my teaching helping them develop the understanding so I need to focus on making assignments so they require higher level of thinking. I know too often I resort to the simple calculations.
I've decided when we do linear equations, I am going to have them find real life examples that use slope along with providing an explanation of what slope tells us. I think an infographic or similar activity would be good for this. It is time to revisit what I need taught and how it will be done. Up to know I've used previous plans with technology inserted as best I could but now I am going to rethink my plans and ideas to see if I can improve .
I need to consult Blooms digital taxonomy to see if I can utilize higher levels of thinking so maybe they will do better.
Tomorrow and Thursday my ebook on "Teaching Math using an iPad will be available on Amazon for free. It is a short ebook talking about certain types of apps and specific suggestions for using them in the math class room. I admit this is geared for older students but you might find some things applicable in the elementary rooms.
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