Maya's Math Blog

Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! A few days ago, we had our ninth class for EDBE 8F83. In this post, I will reflect upon this lesson by using different prompts and supplementing them with images and resources.  What struck you during this session?  Something that struck me during this session was how beneficial OAME is for mathematics educators. When I did my lesson activity about a month ago, my partner and I quickly browsed OAME and did not feel that it had much use for us. However, upon further investigation, I have seen that it is full of beneficial resources and tools for educators. For example, it provides both lesson planning resources as well as professional learning and development. I think I was caught off guard by how much was included in this website and in the future, I am going to take the time to look through it and familiarize myself with its content.  What were the dominant emotions evoked (affect)? One dominant emotion that was evoked in me during...

Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! A few days ago, we had our eighth class for EDBE 8F83. In this post, I will reflect upon this lesson by using different prompts and supplementing them with images and resources.  What stuck you during this session? Something that struck me during this session was how important feedback is. I feel that often in math, students are marked as either correct or incorrect potentially with a few part marks given. However, this does not show the stude nts where and how they need to improve which is crucial for their development as a math student. One quote from our class comes from Hattie et al (2016), and it states that “Thoughtful, appropriate, and targeted feedback is one of the most high-effect teaching practices you can implement in your classroom” . I feel that this perfectly encapsulates what the goals and motivations of a teacher should be as it focuses on putting the time in to help your students.  What were the dominant emotions evok...