Ok, this page is finally set up in an attempt to share my reflections on teaching of maths. And for the record my favourite colour is purple!:))I've read my colleagues' blogs and Wow! I think this is a great tool to help one another. I think it is also good to do reflections and evaluation so I can improve in the ways I present lessons. Reading the reflections of others help too since everyone's quite generous about sharing tips on how to teach better, explain clearer etc.:)
I've met and taught all my classes except one. This one, 3E2 seems to be the most challenging in terms of behaviour, attitude and omg the noise level! Do I do old school or new school? It's easy to shout and try to outshout them, but it may not work. Lets see how it goes in about 10 minutes.
2N1/2 are a bright lot except for a few. They were able to follow the lesson on ' factorisation by grouping' quite well as could be seen from the work done. There were about 4 of them who were still not able to grasp the concept of 'factorisation by trial & error'. Probably have to take them out separately to teach them.
4N2 is probably the most fun class for me at the moment. They are generally keen to learn and quite motivated, again except for a few. Most could follow the lesson on Standard Deviation well. This is the first time I'm teaching this topic at this level, am trying to help them see the significance of knowing this topic although it would probably be many more years before they can really appreciate this when they are in the university or doing research in the future.
