Students need to be made aware of the importance of note taking in the learning process. Where in the classroom or during online tutoring, students need to take notes. In general, teachings should stress what content is important and should be copied. This is more important durin...
If each of us is to develop to our full potential, we need to realize the importance of constructive criticism. There will be times during our lives when we will hear comments about ourselves that are not complementary. Although our first instincts are to retaliate, we should ana...
Whether as a teacher, parent or grandparent, I am always promoting intellectual curiosity. In either case I do this by modeling. Since I was very young, I sought to acquire knowledge. During that time, I observed and listened attentively to my teachers. I was mesmerized by the le...
The importance of technology has become more obvious in recent years. Calculators and computers are present in almost all mathematics classrooms. Tablets and cell phones are available to a large portion of the student population. These, and other technological advancements,m are ...
Making lessons relevant generates interest and thus motivates students’ desire to learn. When teaching mathematics, I always sought to find a practical application to the concepts that I was teaching. Students were constantly asking, “Why do I need to learn this?” One of ...
Although teachers tend to control what is being taught in the classroom, success is more likely if students are allowed to be active participants in the learning process. In developing a lesson, teachers should include ways that students can take a more active role in how and wha...
All of us should be receptive to learning from those around us. I learned that lesson when I was very young. As far as I am concerned, my decision to become a mathematics teacher when I was six years old impacted the teacher that I am today. Beginning from elementary school throu...
In your career and personal life you need to be flexible. Although planning for the future is important, there will be circumstances where it is inevitable that plans will have to be changed. It is important that a change of plans does not frustrate you in any way. When planning,...
After making my decision to become a teacher sixty years ago, I have been asked on numerous occasions how do I stay motivated. The simple answer is that I am doing what I love doing. Helping others is something that I learned from my parents and something that has become an integ...
Something that I learned when I was young was that competition was not about winning. Many times I would see how upset my peers were when they were not successful in the games that they played. Their focus was always at having the highest score in any type of contest that they pa...
