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    In my own experience, students learned and retained mathematics more via the use of discovery task based learning and openended questioning. The key to effective teaching of mathematics is to first understand how the students in the classroom are thinking. If technology fits into these strategies and enhances the learning, then it should be utilized.

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    In my own experience, students learned and retained mathematics more via the use of discovery task based learning and openended questioning. The key to effective teaching of mathematics is to first understand how the students in the classroom are thinking. If technology fits into these strategies and enhances the learning, then it should be utilized.

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    EMAT6700Gray,Laura

    Class01Response:
    1. Howdoyouthinkstudentslearnmathematics?
    Inmyownexperience,studentslearnedandretainedmathematicsmoreviatheuseof
    discoverytaskbasedlearningandopenendedquestioning.Forexample,insteadofdefining
    whatanextraneoussolutionisinarationalequation,whynotallowstudentstosolveforthe
    solutionviasimplification,thendiscoverwhathappenswiththesimplifiedsolutionviaagraph
    orinputtingthesimplifiedsolutionintotheoriginalequation.Attheendofthelesson,the
    studentwillthenbeasked,Whatisanextraneoussolution,andwhydoesitoccurinarational
    function?Thisfoundsabetterunderstandingoftheconcept,asstudentsareforcedtodiscover
    andcomeupwithideasontheirown.Ihavefoundinmyownexperience,thistypeoflearning
    ensuresunderstandingandlongtermcomprehensionofanobjectiveorconcept.
    Inanutshell,allstudentsthinkandlearndifferently.Youhavetointroducedifferentwaysto
    solveaconceptandallowstudentstodeveloptheirownthoughtsandbrainpatternstogetthere.
    Thisishowstudentstrulylearn.

    2. Howdoyouthinkyoushouldteachmathematics?
    Well,thisisaloadedquestion!Ithinkthekeytoeffectiveteachingofmathematicsistofirst
    understandhowthestudentsintheclassroomarethinkingandclearlyunderstandtheir
    perspective.Youneedtounderstandtheskillsyourstudentsalreadyhaveandhowtheyalready
    thinktoplaneffectiveuseoftasksandlessons.Fromthere,yousetobjectiveandgoalsbasedon

    curriculumstandardsandyourownpersonalstandards(knowingwherestudentshavecomefrom
    indevelopmentandwheretheyneedtoprogresstointheirlearningplans).
    Afteryouhaveplannedyourobjective,thatswhereyourresearchandlessonplanning
    begins.Youstarttofindthemosteffectivewaystoteachanobjectiveutilizingtoolandideas
    thatalreadyexist(andbuildingyourown).Byunderstandingthemindsetofyourstudentsand
    theobjective,youcaneffectivelyteachmathematicstostudents.Inmyownexperience
    emphasisondiscovery,questioning,andutilizingtaskstoincreasecognitivedemand(especially
    onesofcontext)havebeenthemosteffectivewaystoteachmathematicsintheclassroom.If
    technologyfitsintothesestrategiesandenhancesthelearning,thenitshouldbeutilized.

    3. Whatroledoyouthinkdigitaltechnology(calculators,computers,video,etc.)should
    playinthelearningandteachingofmathematics?(Trytobespecificaspossible).
    Inmyownexperienceintheclassroom,whentechnologyiseffectivelyimplementedinthe
    classroom,itplaysacriticalroleinadvancingtheteaching/understandingofmathematicsfor
    students.
    Technologyhelpsimprovecommunicationwithstudentsandparentsoutsidetheclassroom
    throughemailandinteractivetoolslikeweebly.Teacherscanreverseclassroomsby
    distributingteachingvideostostudentsashomework.Inmyexperience,improving
    communicationleadstobiggerjumpsintheadvancementofstudentsintheclassroom(andhelps
    ustobuildconnectionsandunderstandstudentsbetter).
    Technologyalsoallowsustointroducemorefun,interaction,andcontextintomath
    problems.Forexample,IcanhavestudentsbuildspinnersinGSPtodiscoverexperimentalvs.

    theoreticalprobability.IcanalsointroducealearninggameusingKahoot!thattakesadvantage
    ofthecompetitivenatureofstudentsandenhanceslearning.
    Otheradvantagestechnologybringsaretoolsthatallowteacherstobemoreorganizedand
    transparent(suchaslessonplanningtoolsandsuggestedcommoncoretaskplans).Italsobrings
    moreinformationtostudentsandallowsustoaggregatelargersetsofdataintheclassroom(for
    example,technologyallowsustomock1000sofstatisticalsamplesetsinamatterofseconds!).
    IthinkthebestuseoftechnologythatIhavedeployedintheclassroomistheuseof
    technologyasadiscoverytaskforstudentstocreateconjecturesandvalidatethemonlaptops
    andcalculators.Theabilitytoprovidehandsonmanipulativehasallowedmetheabilityto
    increasethecognitiveabilityoftasksintheclassroomwhichinturnleavestoabetter
    understandingandfoundationofmathematicsintheclassroom.

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