tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239825335922318270.post6722049703277374941..comments2022-11-11T03:41:31.464-07:00Comments on Transparent Algebra: Day 12Karl Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121548023409279686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239825335922318270.post-6679692189931419832010-09-10T08:53:08.079-06:002010-09-10T08:53:08.079-06:00I still think they don't care and that this is...I still think they don't care and that this is one of the biggest problems we as teachers face. They have developed the ability to 'not do' until it has become their mantra. Few students have the idea that they should actually remember something for more than a day or two. "Oh, was I supposed to remember that?" is a comment I hear a lot (both reg ed and sped kids). <br /><br />As in your graphing exercise...I have found that you almost have to train them to your expectations and then you can go forward with teaching. When I taught 9th grade Chemistry, I spent the full first 3 weeks training them in things they should know and remember, like how to get into and out of groups, set up and take down labs, and so forth.<br /><br />I am enjoying your transparency and gaining nuggets of wisdom each day. Don't give up on them. They need teachers who WILL trust them with their own knowledge and abilities! They will eventually come around.suzysouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996074821590839265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239825335922318270.post-4705850333956925652010-09-07T08:09:03.752-06:002010-09-07T08:09:03.752-06:00suzysouth - No, I get (well, pretty much) why math...<b>suzysouth</b> - No, I get (well, pretty much) why math is sometimes a struggle for a lot of students (even when I think my lesson is a pretty good one). And I'm working hard to having them do it and not me.<br /><br />My specific question here was why they couldn't punch the correct buttons on a calculator. In this case, I don't think (but I could be wrong) that that's a math comprehension issue.Karl Fischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121548023409279686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239825335922318270.post-50978151136412540832010-09-07T08:04:23.850-06:002010-09-07T08:04:23.850-06:00My experience with kids and learning in the last 1...My experience with kids and learning in the last 17 years, is that they feel we as teachers/parents/the world OWES 'it' to them. 'It' being anything and everything they should do on their own and for themselves!<br /><br />I have been wondering when the 'shift' in who kids are would catch up with you. Not that you haven't been in the school, but since you have been out of the classroom....<br /><br />That said, what can we as teachers do about it? And you asked, any ideas? <br /><br />On kids not 'getting it' with math....<br /> I have found that teachers of math, who are very good at math themselves, don't always understand or see why us non-math people don't 'get it'.<br /><br /> Somewhere in the process of HOW TO DO the math is where I am finding they need help. And what happens is when the teacher shows them, they get it. When another student or parent shows them, they get it. But then when on their own, alas they are lost! They struggle when confronted with the disequilibrium of thinking it through themselves. <br /><br />Which brings me back to them thinking we OWE it to them. They want us to THINK for them also. <br /><br />Don't know if this helped, but it is a univeral issue. I teach special ed in a junior high now, but have taught in Catholic and public schools in both TX and NM in middle school/jr high settings and some high school credit classes. <br /><br />They ALL have this problem in ALL subjects. SusanSsuzysouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996074821590839265noreply@blogger.com