Maya's Math Blog

  Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! Today, we had our eighteenth 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 impactful a gallery walk can be as a viewer. When we were completing the problem, we were in a fixed mindset that the long sides of the rectangular prism would always be equal. This was because in a 1x84 cube, they would be the same. Our solution was incorrect, but walking around the room allowed me to see how we went wrong and how I should have approached it. I think it was very beneficial to partake in this when my solution was incorrect. It allowed me to consider different mindsets, critically think about my work and reflect on what I can do differently next time.  What were the dominant emotions evoked (affect)? One emotion that was evoked this week was reflection...

  Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! A few days ago, we had our seventeenth 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 conjectures can come up while doing a problem. Before this session and during the reading, I felt that I would never use conjectures in my math class. However, after tackling our problem this week I realized that conjectures can simply just be ideas that come up while solving a problem. For example, if you look at the attempt of my solution below, my conjectures were just the ideas I thought the next term of the pattern might be 5n+10. This has made me realize that I do not have to necessarily use the word conjecture, but it is important to teach my students to do this. This could be done by encouraging them to write down their inquiries and theories on their paper...

Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! A few days ago, we had our sixteenth 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 that I solved a math problem with virtually no math. When tackling our problem of the week, I solved the problem by counting and using checks and crosses. It was a very visual solution that did give me the correct answer. When observing my peers, I saw that they were using more typical strategies such as a table of values or first and second differences. I found it interesting that this problem was more pattern-based rather than a problem that can be solved using a tool such as a table of values or an equation. I think that this problem shows how students can tackle it in many different ways, but still have the same answer. Everyone has ways that make the most sense to them and...