Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Technology in the Classroom
I am taking several math classes right now and have found that in order to grasp and learn some of the concepts, I need to not have to focus on the math involved. For example, when we are working with medians, mode, and mean, I often spend more time calculating the numbers rather than rationalizing the data. When I use software that allows me to put the data in and then manipulate it, it is much more powerful. I know younger students have these same drawbacks in the classroom. Once they understand how the data calculates, we should move on to the interpretation of data. This will allow students to dig deeper into problems than just use up paper and pencils doing basic math.
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That is very interesting... what you said about teaching the students to calculate the problem and once they have done and mastered that we look into why and how we solve it. I think understanding the problems and theories behind math could help students and us teachers how to fully grasp it.
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