Our brains are like a muscle and it is important that we can work that muscle and let it grow and develop. Students should never feel like they are not good at math but instead keep trying and practicing and developing their skills because everyone is good at math it takes hard work and dedication. Below is a link to the website named Class Dojo that provides videos made for children explaining concepts such as your brain is a muscle and many more crucial topics.
Data Management and Probability:
Students love yo know what to expect and providing students with parallel tasks allows them to feel like they have some sense of control over their learning and allows them to take responsibility and initiative. Probability can relate to many different aspects of student's lives such as those who are interested in sports statistics. There are numerous games and online activities that allow students to practice probability such as Gizmos Reaction Time Game.
There are numerous data programs that you can find online to include in your lessons and explore data management units with. One of the programs that we explored in class was named Tinkerplots and there are numerous things you can do with inputed data. It is important to not just read the data but read between the data and read beyond the data as well. When teaching data it is not a matter of formulas but understanding the three measures of tendency Mean, Median, and Mode.
Hey Carla, great post this week! I love all
ReplyDeleteThe pictures you incorporated, it really makes your blog pop. You did a great job explaining the importance of probability and estimation in our everyday lives. As future teachers it is extremely important to provide real life explanations and relationships for our students when teaching math. This will help them to understand it more and realize that we really do use and need math in our everyday lives. I thought that dogo video is adorable and extremely relatable to students in the elementary grades! I think multi-media is an excellent tool to capture students attention and it can be used for all subjects including math!! Great work this week!
Cheers, Courtney
Hello Carla,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, I love the colours and pictures you have used to keep it lively and interesting! Yes, I agree with you that this week’s topic was really practical and useful. The cookie jar activity was great and I found it interesting how we were able to use the data in so many different ways. I like your comment about all students being good in math and that practice and developing is the only thing needed to help students grow.
Hey Carla,
ReplyDeleteGreat post this week. I especially like that you included the video on growth mindsets. I think that it is extremely important for us to promote this within our classrooms to let our students know that they CAN do math, and they should never give up on it. You're right, with hard work and dedication, everyone can do math.
Kevin
Great post, Carla! I liked how you stressed how we use estimation in our everyday lives. I too believe this is an important concept especially for students so they can see how useful this kind of math can be. I think it's important for students to see how they can use the math they are learning in their lives so they can see the value what they are learning and apply it to daily situations. I also liked the technology games you included as these are significant when teaching in the 21st century. These would be great to incorporate in the classroom as it will engage the students in their learning and keep their interest in the lesson.
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