The Effective Use of the Resource
Often, mathematics is considered to be difficult and a heavy subject. According to Cook (2012), incorporating multimedia resources can effectively lighten and assist with teaching this subject. We believe that the use of technology and real-world examples can stimulate and engage student learning. For our topic, we rely on shopping brochures and PowerPoint media.
Consumer arithmetic is prevalent in everyday life in terms of how one manages money. And a relevant and practical aspect of this is learning to be a smart shopper. If we teach only the theories with little or no scaffolding, these students may struggle to grapple with the abstract, and miss out on the useful and practical applications. It may give birth to misconceptions, confusions, and inevitably, frustrations, which potentially can cause them to disengage and/or give up. Our approach is to mitigate such ordeal. By exposing them to a real-world context, we hope to bring them into a point of contact where they encounter less ambiguity, and hence, minimise the chance of misconceptions (Lalley & Miller, 2007).
The brochures act as a conduit to arouse the students’ curiosity in the topic. Teachers are recommended to use this along with the PowerPoint slides to continually engage them. New mathematical/consumer texts are introduced, incorporated and used within the practical context of the topic. Whilst the brochure opens up a line of discourse, it still hinges greatly on proper execution of the lesson by the teachers. They need to encourage and empower students to contribute to class discussions with products that they are familiar with and sharing their shopping acumen. Students can also encourage peer participation amongst themselves. Th...
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...ssue. Some students may have fallen behind and may not cope or respond well with learning mathematics. The teacher must be able to identify them quickly, and differentiate their instructions and help them individually, or get them additional help. In the previous placement, the school has an after-school program that arranges a senior student (from year 11 or year 12) to tutor a year 10.
Future direction (Improvement of resource)
Changes to the resource should be made according to the students and their learning needs. What seem to work for one class, may not be as effective in another. Student feedback and assessment data should be used to gauge the effectiveness of the materials. The teacher should be open to scrutiny and suggestions from other teachers as well. This same material can potentially evolve into other forms, e.g. interactive iBook, and financial games.
That may seem silly, but there is quite a bit of math necessary to be able to shop in a smart way. Shoppers have to hold lots of numbers in their head, adding and subtracting prices as they decide on what to buy is an obvious instance of this, but also an extensive knowledge of percents is necessary. They have to figure out how much a pair of shoes would cost if they were 40% off. Of course, calculators and phones can be used to do the math, but when carrying shoe boxes, dresses, or anything else that people buy, having to type it all into a phone while balancing everything is a bit impractical. It is interesting how people tend to separate book smarts and street smarts so much, that most people can not see how the two are
Every video I watched displayed tools that I could use in my own classroom. The instructional strategies and models used in the classrooms were great. My current teaching philosophy about instructional strategies and models would be that they are great to use. As a teacher, looking for ways to help teach certain lessons is a must. Every teacher found different ways to teach the materials to their students. It is always great to have resources in the classroom to look back on. Students love to have resources to guide them. In the video (Case #1112), I would emulate their strategy by letting my students use a textbook. I feel that textbooks are reliable sources and can be used to validate certain materials. In the video, you can tell that the students were using the textbook as a tool to prove their discussion with each other. In the video (Case #876), I would avoid assessing my students in whole-group discussion. I would have my student in groups to see how they communicate with each t=other about our discussion. Seeing my students evaluating each other’s opinions would be a great way into assessing their knowledge about the lesson. A classroom environment I would like to teach in would be with students who are ready to ask questions. Students who are not afraid to express their thoughts about the instruction. It would be easier for me to assess my students if that were
All children learn differently and teachers, especially those who teach mathematics, have to accommodate for all children’s different capacities for learning information. When teaching mathematics, a teacher has to be able to use various methods of presenting the information in order to help the students understand the concepts they are being taught.
... prevent the student from becoming frustrated (Scheuermann & Hall, 2012). This is appropriate for John because it has already been determined that he has a performance deficit and is not motivated to behave in math class due to his frustration that he does not understand the concepts. This method of instruction could ultimately help John improve his math skills rather than forcing him to continue to struggle with math. Since John is in an inclusion classroom with several other students, John’s teacher may not always have the opportunity to provide John with one-to-one instruction; therefore, other evidence-based interventions should be implemented when one-to-one instruction is not available.
In this essay I will go into the allocation of scarce resources that have alternative uses and how different economic systems allocate scarce resources differently. First I'll start by saying that in a free market prices arnt why you can't have everything you want they simply indicate that there isn't enough of everything to go around ie they indicate the scarcity of goods. Prices allow producers to allocate resources most efficiently and are why resources tend to flow to there most valued uses in a free market. The main thing to learn from this essay is that profits tell producers what to produce more of and losses tell producers what to stop producing or produce less of. An example of how profit and loss help allocate resources would be if the demand for cheese increases consumers buy more cheese the increased profits either make the cheese producers produce more cheese or other producers enter the cheese
A portion of the students were placed in the class and a portion of students were not given any formal classroom financial literacy training. All students participated in the Junior Achievement Finance Park simulation in which they were placed in real-life situations and had to make financial decisions. Their decisions affected their personal income and lifestyle within the simulation. The educated group “showed profoundly greater understanding of the financial issues they faced. Their completion rates were higher, they saved more, and they spent less on immediate gratification items such as clothing. These items were consistent with the lessons offered in the curriculum they received” (Carlin & Robinson, 2012). Also, the classroom students were more likely to use available resources, known as decision supports, to help them better understand their potential decisions. An example of a decision support includes additional information provided by a business to further explain their product or its features (i.e. explaining premium options on a health insurance plan). The study believes that “timely decision support and financial literacy training are complements, not substitutes” (Carlin & Robinson,
The second lesson concentrates on the importance of financial literacy. There is one rule to follow so as to understand financial literacy – “Know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy more assets.” In order to do this, you need to be able to understand and comprehend numbers instead of jus...
Consumers make choices every day that affect the economy we live in, and in return these choices impact one’s personal finances. Take for instance, buying clothing at retail establishment that is trending,
Instead, EL students benefit in learning new content knowledge when an instructor methodically produces a lesson with a systematic I do you do approach; while purposely adding visuals whenever possible. Modeling content knowledge can be accomplished when the instructor writes the objective or provides an outline of what the lesson entails in student friendly vocabulary for each lesson where students can visually see. Next, the instructor should discuss what the end goal of the lesson is through hand gestures and changing the speed and tone of the voice to elaborate key concepts. Additionally, teachers should provide visual vocabulary whenever possible. Playing videos, word walls, or showing pictures of key vocabulary in a lesson will help students who struggle with differences in language grasp what is being asked of them more clearly. Lastly, instructor should show examples of projects and essays for reference. This will allow EL students to visualize the end product; allowing them to organize their ideas and
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I want to give the teachers a choice. I want to provide them with techniques, websites, and other resources that can help engage students in learning. I do not want to force anyone to use a technique or teach a certain way because it is the newest fad. I believe that this is the main key to break down the barriers of the dreaded professional development. There will be teachers who do not want to go to any but there will be teachers who do and share the information with the teachers who do not. Whenever I learn something new that I find useful, I always share with my colleagues. Even through this class, I have shared information with my colleagues. Paperrater was one that I shared. The information shared doesn 't have to be used much but it is a resource that can be helpful. If a teacher can take one thing learned and apply it to their classroom makes professional development
A somewhat underused strategy for teaching mathematics is that of guided discovery. With this strategy, the student arrives at an understanding of a new mathematical concept on his or her own. An activity is given in which "students sequentially uncover layers of mathematical information one step at a time and learn new mathematics" (Gerver & Sgroi, 2003). This way, instead of simply being told the procedure for solving a problem, the student can develop the steps mainly on his own with only a little guidance from the teacher.
As a teacher, is very important to use a wide range of learning and teaching resources, from books or other printed materials so, that students are encouraged to explore issues of interest,
The introduction of technology into education has revolutionized the teaching quality and learning outcome in the last ten years. The integration of technology into lectures by teachers in classroom has become so natural that both teachers and learners consider computers and their related applications for instruction are “a routine component of the classroom and educational processes in general” (Nuldén, 1999 cited in Buzzard et al., 2011, pp.131-139).
I will try to prepare my lesson 100% to enhance learning. I will try to research my topic and try to integrate different resources and activities to make my lesson engaging and interesting to my students. I am able to use a variety of methods to teach a lesson to the students. This helps the students to get engaged visually, physically and verbally. I did not know, but I really like to use different resources and art materials to create something that will enhance my lesson and able to engage my students throughout the lesson. By creating and using a variety of methods and activities during the center time, I can meet the student’s needs to help them to learn.