This is my concluding blog for 703, but my work is far from over. I am continuing to make adjustments to my website, my poster and my final presentation video. It is difficult to picture the weeks ahead without assignments, and projects.
The website is a collection of all our hard work this year, and you can't help but feel reflective as you work on it. In the beginning, as I looked at each of the assignments to be included, I had only fuzzy memory of the work that I was supposed to include, but as I dove back into this blog, and into previous assignments, I remembered each of them with clarity. It was only then that I began to understand how much had been accomplished since we all began this journey last spring. It isn't just that I can see how including research can improve your teaching technique, but more than that, a spirit of curiosity has invaded the way approach my teaching. As I plan for the future I can see how considering things from new or unique perspectives, can drive me into more research and testing in the classroom. So much can be gained from learning new techniques and approaches in the classroom. And more than that, so much can be gained from looking thoughtfully at the things that I am already teaching. Is there really a benefit to teaching students coding? Does drawing diagrams truly improve students mathematical understanding? Can problem-solving with robotics improve a students mathematical thinking? These are just some of questions that I have been thinking about. Working in this program has pushed me to have a more "scientific" approach to my teaching. I have been conducting data cycles for the last few years with my students, but these months in the Touro program has helped me to dig deeper into these data cycles and to keep an eye on whether the instruction being conducted, is achieving the desired goals. I hope to carry both this scientific approach and spirit of curiosity with me as I continue on my teaching journey.
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