Reflection on Liebeck and Skemp Reflecting on my readings of Skemp, R. (1989) Mathematics in the Primary School, and Liebeck, P. (1990) How Children Learn Mathematics. I have reflected on the importance of Mathematics in the world around us as human beings and how it is taught within our schools. Skemp asks the question ‘Why is Mathematics still a problem subject for so many?’ One of the theories put forward is that the teaching of Maths is seen as satisfying teachers and adults by children achieving ticks for their mathematical work passing exams without fully understanding the subject. However children are achieving this through rote, a form of habitual learning. Intelligent learning is adaptable achieving the answer by way of different procedures or routes (building up knowledge) in understanding how to figure out the problem by a variety of schemas.
the first thing that we can choose to look at would be at his school. they support him eith his education, reconizing his talent whtn other people could not and they transfer him to a private school in hope that he will achieve greater success there. not only did they want him to show his talents off, but they also wanted to make him feel comfortable at his new school so they placed him on the basketball team. They had Jamal's best intrestes in mind when doing so. another social insitiution is william, who not only supporst his writing talents, but also helps him gain confidence within his work.
With all of the examples of different video games he said he enjoyed playing, he could have an ulterior motive of advertising these particular games. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case since these games are very diverse in genres, brands, and creators. In his What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, James Paul Gee uses logical reasoning and explanations of ethical issues as his main strategies to convince people today that video games are a good source to learning challenging concepts. The logical points Gee focuses on are also supplied with detailed examples of his own experiences, what he has learned when teaching, and what he has learned while studying linguistics. He starts off by explaining that people are
Changes in the teaching of the new math curricula versus the basic teachings are getting better for some student coming up learning math especially in the K-3 school. Another Phi Delta Kappan article called “Parrot Math (Criticism of Why do teachers want to use their strategies instead of learning new ideas their student come up with? The subject of the matter comes up as teachers can also learn from student as well. While a teacher teaches one way which might be long-term for a student, the student might find a different short-term way to solve their problem or equation. This is the kind of mathematics that most parents and government officials recognize as the curricula that they attempted to learn when they were in school.
Teachers should give them extra credit they can still have a chance at passing the class. For instance some students fail their class because of the teacher. Even though it’s rare for a teacher to not tell a student his grade once, it still happens. A student in science class thought he had a C for the whole semester and one week before finals the teacher had just told him that he was failing this class. Like a normal human being the student started to panic.
It appears that testing is a waste of time, but in reality, it prepares students for future success. Another question that occurs is: What are students gaining from these different tests each year? Many people debate whether the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is considered to be pointless. Maybe these tests are teaching students accountability and responsibility, two vital tools for success in life. Within in the article, “No Child Left Behind: Test-Obsessed Education Won’t Move Us Ahead” the author, David Marshak, slashes the No Child Left Behind Act.
He soon “fell into line” after the principal of the school called a meeting with him and the parents of the students he was failing. Even though Jesness presented very good reasons as to why they were failing, it did not matter. After being let go from his teaching job he realized there was no way around the floating standard, so he began to dumb down the curriculum and in return this put all of the students at the same level even if some could excel if they were pushed harder. Jesness brings into view the idea of a fixed standard, and asserts that state testing such as the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills does not grant students the ability to learn as much as they could. Jesness goes on to say that if students were to take Advanced Placement tests then this “would free teachers from the pressure to adjust the content of their courses and would assure students and their parents that the standard for each course is fixed, not floating”.
His parents would use positive reinforcements such as verbal praise, hugs, and money. In the aspect of negative reinforcement Anthony would use homework to escape temporarily from having to complete household chores. In this case even though Anthony was escaping from doing household chores the negative reinforcement (his homework) was helping to reinforce his achievement in school. Anthony feels that positive reinforcement works best for him because it inspires him to do more. Amanda’s parent also used reinforcement with Amanda.
To end this "tangent" of how I truly felt about the movie, I would like to focus in on the good parts of what really the story was about. That story was to focus in on the students who were in need of education, and not the typical reading and writing portion, but also the education of confidence, happiness, and well-being of the students. The one part I took away from both the film and the book is that once again one man can change a young group of students. To finish off the reaction essay, I would like to answer the last question that was asked, about how I saw a portion of the film and how I really saw it in my mind. I wanted to focus in on one portion when beanpole and his friend are in his room, and the detail of the leaky roof, the wobbly desk, and the bed without a mattress really allowed me to materialize in my mind what I thought of this tiny room.
We describe ourselves differently depending upon where we grew up and who we associate ourselves with, especially in certain situations. We may pride ourselves on being a great basketball player with our friends while we explain the great grades we got on our tests with our parents. Consequently, we may feel good or bad about our choices based on what others would expect of us. This is where self-concept and self-esteem come into play. I believe the two most important influences on the development of self-concept and self-esteem are family and culture.