Ever since I learned to multiply, divide, and evaluate, math
has been a passion of mine.
For this project, I decided to take my passion a step further and share
it with others. I understand that
not everyone clicks with math. And
for some people, an equation is just a jumble of random letters and
numbers. And, while I’d love if
everyone had the same passion for math that I do, that is not my goal. My goal is help others understand math,
and what it can do.
Through my research, I’ve realized that teaching math is
completely different concept from doing math. It’s like having to show and explain your work on a test,
rather than just choosing A, B, or C, for a multiple-choice problem. By consulting with Mr. Mukina, a
trigonometry, pre-calculus, and Algebra 3 teacher, I learned a few techniques
that will help transform my knowledge into understandable lessons.
The structure of the lesson is one of the important things
to consider when tutoring. After
listening to Mr. Mukina’s advice, I’ve decided that I will be teaching concepts
by going through an example myself, then having the student do a similar
example, then going through a “stretch” (or more difficult) example
together. This way, I’ll be sure
that the students understand the concept.
Also, by researching online, I’ve come to the conclusion
that repetition of lessons and concepts is vital to the success of the student.
Because of that, I’ve decided that I’m going to teach a lesson on factoring, and
during that lesson I will go over different ways to factor, so that they can
understand different techniques.