I found these video to be very interesting. I thought it was really impressive that a group of educators were putting so much time and thought into just one math lesson. It was clear to me that the teacher would do almost anything to help the students succeed. She had a clear desire to understand the way the students were thinking and to understand how to help them improve. I think that the basis for the lesson was well planned and useful. It is important for teachers to be able to pinpoint the places where students are struggling so that they can adjust their teaching to fit the needs of the students.
I really enjoyed the way the lesson was set up. I think that it was beneficial for the students to discuss the various ways of solving problems 1 & 2 together as a whole class. I think that it may have been helpful to only have one problem on each poster page. I noticed that during the discussion, students were kind of going back and forth between the two problems on each page, which may have caused slight confusion.Giving the students the opportunity to see different ways in which their peers have solved the problems was a great idea. I think this opened the students' eyes as to how to clearly explain their own work so that others can understand it.
My favorite part of the lesson was when the students had the opportunity to change their previous work. It was a good idea for the teacher to make copies of the work so that nothing could be erased. It was very smart of the teacher to also not discuss problems 3 & 4 as a class, but still have the students adjust their answers if they thought they needed to. This will allow the teacher to see how much the students have gained from the lesson and whether they fully understand how to improve their work.
Overall, I thought the video was interesting and eye opening. It is interesting to see how much thought and work goes into planning what from the outside may seem like just a simple lesson.
Thanks Jessica:)
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