My Teaching Strategy For Students - 1351 Words

As I look over my teaching, I do notice many weaknesses, but I do notice some strengths as well. Even though I gave the students clear instructions, I believe that I should have done the ‘I do, We do, You do’ strategy with them to compute the prices, discounts, and markups in the introduction activity. I also feel that this whole activity, along with the implementation of the ‘I do, We do, You do’ teaching strategy, really would have been more effective for the students. I had assumed that their previous class would have provided them with enough experience to allow them to compute discounts by themselves, but I do recognize that they needed even more practice with the teacher. One strength that I do recognize is that I had good voice†¦show more content†¦I rank my timeliness as something that needs major improvement. If this problem was improved, I could have more opportunities to assess my students and give them prompt feedback as well. I co uld fix this problem by making my activities more simple and shorter, and providing early finishers with more challenging work depending on their capabilities. For students that finish their work early but need more remediation, I could pull them to the side and provide one-on-one instruction to correct misunderstanding right then. Examining my teaching, I notice that I was lacking in cooperation among my students. I did ask my students a few higher order thinking questions, but I monopolized the introduction activity with my verbal instructions. I did not allow the students to explain how they would go about finishing the task that I assigned to them. I was more like a dictator rather than letting the students explore and explain their understanding of the task that I prompted them to complete. Without student cooperation, I am not aware of what misunderstandings my students have. Additionally, if student cooperation is lacking, my students could get easily bored and it will be harder to get them back into a learning mode. Also, I feel that students need to take control of their own learning, and this can be completed with student cooperation. If I had provided more opportunities for my students to communicate their understanding, I