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Explain It To Me: The Beneficial Effects of Explaining for Memory. Some research is being done to find out if a person who is learning new information benefits from explaining what they have learned versus retrieving that information from memory. This also helps me understand why I often feel I have learned so much when teaching others. I am breaking down ideas and explaining them to the learners.

Explain It To Me: The Beneficial Effects of Explaining for Memory. Some research is being done to find out if a person who is learning new information benefits from explaining what they have learned versus retrieving that information from memory. This also helps me understand why I often feel I have learned so much when teaching others. I am breaking down ideas and explaining them to the learners.

Latest post on the Naturally Mathematical blog - exploring explicit instruction and guided inquiry learning

This is a good one for math as well I think. I use it in Lesson Planning.

Students turn teachers into experts. They ask questions that push teachers to think and learn. Today, my students and I Attempted to prove the statement you see in the image. I introduced them to a strategy that could guide them. It worked well. We wrote an elegant proof. Then, a student asked, Could there be another strategy for this problem? I did not have an alternative to suggest. So, I said that we would all think about it together. Off we went in search of a new strategy. After minutes of making a mess, We did not find any. What you see in the image is the mess we made 😀 Classes are for sense-making, And the process of sense-making is often chaotic. Incidentally, can you spot the error in my reasoning? Returning to the class, I said that I would think about it and get back to them. I also thanked the student for his question Because I just got a new problem to think about! After class, I spent a few minutes thinking, And writing an alternate proof. My proof library broadened. YAY! The next time a student asks about a different strategy, I have one to satisfy their curiosity. I cannot tell you how impatient and excited I am right now For the next session! --- If you want to understand how or why mathematics works In a grade-5 readable language, follow INFR. Here, we deep-dive into mathematics. --- Did any student help you get a broader understanding of a subject? ( Yes/No ) #learning #teacher #student

This article hits all of the important points necessary for understanding and assimilating complex passages as students get into middle school and above. These strategies should be introduced in later elementary years planting the seed for the future. Love the building of background knowledge through interactive centers

Q for the math teachers out there! So many products (Turnitin, Khanmigo, Grammarly, etc.) are trying to identify when students "overrely" on GenAI tools--they're responding to concern that students will just copy/paste/submit writing from now on. I absolutely get and share the concern, but I also think we need to be open to innovation and doing things differently/better. Which leads me to my Q: How have math teachers (& curricula/resources) balanced the power and usefulness of the graphing calculator with the value of students still learning & being able to do what the tool can do? Graphing calcs have been around a long time now (do they still have the snake game? ah, memories), so I'm hoping the answer might give shed light on how we can wisely integrate the most powerful writing tools ever created into classrooms of novice writers. (And if someone has already written about this, please direct me!) Vaish Srivathsan Abhishek Pillai Kate Dusinlleux Jason Garofalo David Meek Erika Parker-Havens Elli Simonen Nicholas Pesola Sarah Peterson Jennifer Shin Carol kinney Eli Silvert

🌟Feynman Technique🌟 An amazing Technique developed by scientist Richard Feynman. Feynman Technique is so effective that you can use it you learn things/Topics quicker and more efficiently.   📌What is the Feynman Technique ? The Feynman Technique is a method in which a student can learn through the act of teaching. In traditional learning method most of us learn things by re-reading textbooks and reviewing notes, to use the technique a student choose a topic and then he/she go through the topic and understand the topic, then a student explain the topic in their own words as if teaching a sixth grader. Then, they improve their explanations and go through the process again until they have mastered the topic.   🔶Naturally, a sixth grade student is not going to understand complicated things and terminology. So, the technique actually forces us to think out of the box. So that we can explain it to a sixth grader, we have to make the topic language as simple as possible. So, the person using Feynman technique has to emphasize simplicity and conciseness.   🔶Effective use of this technique requires a lot understanding and energy. The learner has to define all unobvious terms, this mean that this technique requires more mental energy than traditional learning. The act of teaching is a cognitively demanding task, but that is also why the technique is so effective. 📌How to use the Feynman Technique: 5 steps   1.Identify the topic you want to learn. 2.Explain the topic as if teaching a sixth-grader. 3.Identify areas of improvement in your explanation. 4.Improve and optimize your explanation. 5.Repeat the steps until you've achieved mastery of the topic.

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In my teaching approach, I start each lesson with diagnostic questions to review past material, using a mix of technology and written tasks. This method, supported by cognitive research, helps students transition knowledge to long-term memory.