Unit 4: Implement and Reflect

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Recap and Look Ahead

As you learned in the previous units, a lack of confidence in math is not only common, but it is detrimental to students learning math. There are many factors that impact the confidence of students in math and there are various strategies to implement in order to increase the confidence. Now that you have created a plan to implement strategies, this unit will focus on the actual implementation. You will put your plan into action and observe how it went. Let’s begin!

Objectives

By the end of Unit 4, participants will be able to:

• Show their understanding and reflection of implementing their plan by writing in their reflective journal given the link provided, answering each bullet point in the instructions.

• Compare and contrast the results of the survey they gave to their students before implementing their plan and after implementing their plan until a consensus is reached.

• Contribute their results from implementing their plan of strategies to the class discussion board, adhering to each bullet point in the instructions.

Reflect

To begin this unit, first write in your reflective journal. Answer the following question:

What do you expect to happen when you implement your strategies into the classroom?

Once you start to implement your plan of strategies, keep a running record by writing in your reflective journal on what you observe each day. These include difficulties, how students were impacted, etc.

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Activity

In this unit, you are implementing your plan of strategies and recording your observations in your reflective journal, as stated above.

After about a week of implementing your plan:

• Give the students the survey you created.

• Compare the results to the survey results you recorded when you initially gave it to them.

Discuss

Upon completion of the activity, post in the class discussion board. You should focus on the following:

• How did implementing your plan of strategies go?

• What did you notice?

• Did you face any challenges?

• What did your survey show?

• Would you change anything about your plan? If so, how would you change it?

Post your initial discussion and respond to at least two classmates.

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Class Code: ps2pxvk

Concluding Thoughts

The point of this mini-course was to raise awareness of the lack of confidence in math that many students, and people in general, face. While this serves as a start to recognize, plan, and implement strategies, you should continue to search and keep informed about the ways in which you can best help students be successful in increasing their confidence, for it is beneficial for their learning and well-being.

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