Comment on lesson presented before class

I provided and conducted a lesson that I made for a class I taught during the 2008-2009 school year. This lesson dealt with solving exponential fractions, understanding and using the SI Units (metric system), scientific notation. I taught physics and biology and evaluated one of the physics class lesson plan I use to conduct class; the unit of this particular section of physics is titled: science and measurement:a mathematical toolkit. I found out that when presenting a content area of this nature the teacher must make the session/lecture as interesting as possible to everyday living or reality.

To keep control of the class I had to show that mathematics is simple and can be done without the use of a calculator, because many students do not feel comfortable doing math without using the calculator. When applying mathematics to physics I had to relate to the class that math is somewhat of a language that is universal in nature and in its application. I also had to show the relation to physics and the world that they live in. When providing experiments or example in physics they had to be simplistic in explaining how the physics work. Once students felt comfortable with the mathematics application the teaching process proved easier; even the students with IEPs were able to do the class assignment with little difficulty. Students come to realize that prior math courses is helpful in this content area learning process. In the future I will may every attempt to provide everyday and relevant examples of the science to this type of audience.

Mathematics Observation for 04/30/2010

I found when observing the Algebra I class that I have to learn how to grasp the interest of all the students involved. I must also find time when providing lecture to address the needs of students who fall behind the normal pace of learning and show that mathematics (in particular algebra) is relevance to everyday situations, and can be applied to every day life encounters. Again many students still do not understand the need to take such higher level mathematics courses therefore we must provide literacy instruction in the content area through various sources of media, textbook or computer so that we as educator can provide that understanding for the need to take such courses.