Comments by Mary Elizabeth Verberg Most recent public comments by Mary Elizabeth Verberg https://nowcomment.com/users/124258 ! https://nowcomment.com/documents/141493?scroll_to=2843123 https://nowcomment.com/documents/141493?scroll_to=2843123 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:46:31 -0400 !!!!!!!!!! https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841923 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841923 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:56:54 -0400 I thought this sentence was very powerful. Just because you know a lot about a subject does not make you a great teacher. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841914 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841914 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:52:55 -0400 I see this so often in the classroom with word problems! https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841900 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841900 I notice that students are quick to simply look at the numbers and make some quick, partially logical, partially illogical conclusion as to how to solve the word problem without fully understanding what the problem is truly asking. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:46:09 -0400 How often do teachers think of math as a series of manipulating equations, memorization of equations, and recalling equations rather than the big ideas of math? https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841882 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841882 How does this affect the way that we teach our students and the depth to which they are learning these concepts? Really, when we are teaching in this way, students will learn to do that same. They will learn that memorization is the way to learning, rather than relevant, conceptual, and deep learning of the concepts and understanding the big ideas. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:39:20 -0400 I wonder what type of teacher I would be considered if I were to observe this same lesson. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841873 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841873 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:35:40 -0400 The idea of chunking information for better memorization can lead to better expertise. Thinking of concepts as their "big ideas" can help to better become an expertise in that area. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841871 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841871 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:34:22 -0400 Importance of background knowledge when teaching. We need that expert content knowledge to help our students become experts as well. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841867 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841867 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:32:34 -0400 Quality over quantity of information https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841844 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841844 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:28:27 -0400 Fully understanding subject matter example https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841841 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841841 So important in teaching to have a deep understanding. A connection to my experiences, one time I taught a strategy for division that I had never learned before, and as I was teaching it I got confused and ended up making a mistake because I did not take the time to fully understand the subject matter. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:27:16 -0400 Important key principles of expertise here https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841838 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841838 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:25:28 -0400 Thinking of understanding expertise of teaching. We need it to become flexible and problem solve through the various issues that we come across. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841835 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319239?scroll_to=2841835 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:24:16 -0400