Unit 1: What do we mean by “Learning with Understanding”?
Unit Description
Participants will compare and contrast reform teaching methods, methods that encourage teaching for understanding, and traditional teaching methods.
Unit Objectives
- Participants will explain the advantages of learning with understanding by completing a two paragraph refection.
- Participants will compare reform teaching methods and traditional teaching methods by analyzing research.
- Participants will clarify any misconceptions about learning with understanding in a class discussion.
Lessons
What do we mean by "Learning with Understanding": Lesson 1 Participants will identify the advantages of learning with understanding.
What do we mean by "Learning with Understanding": Lesson 2 Participants will analyze research to determine why learning with understanding is important in 21st century classrooms.
What do we mean by "Learning with Understanding": Discussion Participants will clarify any misconceptions about learning with understanding.
Links
Mini-Course: Using Visualizations to Teach Mathematics with Understanding (Spring 2015 Mini-Course)
Portfolio Page: Melissa Connor's Portfolio Page for Spring 2015 Mini-Course