I taught my first math lesson to my mother and my brother. I have learned a lot from this experience. What did you think of it? Constructive criticism is encouraged, Thank you!
This was difficult to comment on as I am fourteen years removed from geometry (math not my thing) and without that list of theorems I was having trouble following along. I found a theorem list online and was mostly able to make sense of it.
As you are probably already aware, this lesson took quite a bit longer than planned. Since you did this at home, you decided to go long instead of rushing. That was probably a good choice, but I'm sure you have a better idea of how much time a lesson like this will consume. The example, student group and individual portions followed direct instruction very well and I think math lends itself to this kind of instruction more than other subjects, so great job. I think you could have more clearly stated the main idea of the lesson, which I believe was learning to create a two-column proof to prove a statement, but this is a minor issue. The concluding portion of the lesson was a little light, maybe due to time, but using the table example and returning to it is a good start. Sorry to point this out, and this is something I am guilty of and have consciously been trying to stop myself from doing when I noticed it six months ago, but you were using some filler words and phrases. It's a habit that almost everyone has, but I think teachers should try to eliminate it if they can.
Though I find this kind of math onerous, I was able to re-learn from the lesson so I think this was a success.
This was difficult to comment on as I am fourteen years removed from geometry (math not my thing) and without that list of theorems I was having trouble following along. I found a theorem list online and was mostly able to make sense of it.
ReplyDeleteAs you are probably already aware, this lesson took quite a bit longer than planned. Since you did this at home, you decided to go long instead of rushing. That was probably a good choice, but I'm sure you have a better idea of how much time a lesson like this will consume. The example, student group and individual portions followed direct instruction very well and I think math lends itself to this kind of instruction more than other subjects, so great job. I think you could have more clearly stated the main idea of the lesson, which I believe was learning to create a two-column proof to prove a statement, but this is a minor issue. The concluding portion of the lesson was a little light, maybe due to time, but using the table example and returning to it is a good start. Sorry to point this out, and this is something I am guilty of and have consciously been trying to stop myself from doing when I noticed it six months ago, but you were using some filler words and phrases. It's a habit that almost everyone has, but I think teachers should try to eliminate it if they can.
Though I find this kind of math onerous, I was able to re-learn from the lesson so I think this was a success.