How I Would Use the 7 Instructional Strategies in Math

Discussion:

A discussion can be used while looking at statistics, of current events/research

discoveries. Leading an inter-discipline discussion over ethics and if the statistics that have been
released are trustworthy, what real-life variables led to an event/action happening? Is this the
right thing to do? Should we trust this information?

Constructivism:

Constructivism techniques can be used in a finance course. Students can bring their own
experiences, wants, and dreams into a project. This project could be a personal finance plan goal,
looking at houses that they want, and how to schedule finances around their personal goals.
There will be checkpoints to meet with this project and a conversation with me as they are going
through to make sure they are meeting the expectations for the assignment as well.

Questioning as an Instructional Strategy:

I use questioning as an instructional strategy every day. My favorite way to answer

student’s questions is to ask them to walk me through their thinking process. When we get to the
part that they are stuck at, I can usually ask a question about why they are stuck, what
information they would need to be unstuck, or ask them about what they are trying to find in
order to encourage them to think critically about their own work.

Socratic Seminar:

A Socratic seminar is one of the instructional strategies that I struggle with most in
finding a strong connection to math. I could use this for a review day, where I give students a list
of topics that will be on an assessment, and then create their own study guide and example
problems to help students teach each other concepts in the Socratic seminar.

Inquiry Method:

The inquiry method is applicable in the math classroom with having students provide
reasoning for their mathematical thinking. This method really helps with proof writing
techniques, having students explain why the math theorems and equations are able to be used in
the context of the problem.

Concept Teaching:
 Providing examples and non-examples are extremely helpful in math classes. Reflecting
on my lesson on 10/31 with Linear Equations, I noticed that my students understood what
properties make a linear function after handling a non-example of a linear function and
explaining what made it a non-example.

Skills:

I taught on this :)