In this talk, Dan Meyer
explains what's wrong with math education and why it should focus less on
teaching kids to solve problems and more on how to formulate them of their own
to better prepare students for problem-solving and for life.
He explains the five
symptoms that you are doing math reasoning wrong. They are: 1. lack of
initiative, 2. lack of perseverance, 3. lack of retention, 4. aversion to word
problems, 5. eagerness for formula.
Then he suggests five
techniques to engage the students. They are:
1. use multimedia in the classroom, 2. encourages student intuition, 3.
ask the shortest question you can, 4. let students build the problem, and 5. be
less helpful.
His instructional
technique gets students involved in conversations about mathematics and
promotes patient problem solving.
In my opinion I believe
that all teachers should encourage patient problem solving in math classroom
and guide students to solve problems in ways that makes sense to them.
