How to become a better teacher? 

As teachers...

• Get creative with how you decide to teach. Students will learn more in class that is interesting and fun to be in. 

• Get the students involved and up and moving. 

• Remember to answer your emails on time! Do not wait until the last minute! 

• Do not overwhelm your students with too much information at one time. 

  • The human short-term memory can only process a significant amount of information at one time. Try to incorporate transitions and activities to break down their learning into meaningful chunks. 

• When students have a growth mindset, they see obstacles as opportunities to move closer to their goals. Learners who have faith in their capacity to grow regarding obstacles and constructive criticism as opportunities to acquire knowledge that will aid in their education. Students in my class will accept the term "yet" and normalize challenges. Even if a subject is difficult, it does not indicate the student will never understand; rather, it simply suggests they do not understand "yet." 

• As a class, we will learn how to encourage one another, and I will be available to offer additional support and direction during my office hours and appointments. We will establish objectives, highlight errors, and acknowledge and celebrate corrections. A growth mindset is a theory of motivation originally developed by Carol Dweck. It holds that our views about intelligence have an impact on how we approach problems, deal with setbacks, and focus on what we want to accomplish.

• To give educators a common language to talk about and share teaching and evaluation strategies, Bloom's taxonomy was created. Though taxonomy can be used to determine specific learning outcomes, it is most typically used to measure learning across a range of cognitive capacities. I will be using Bloom's taxonomy methods and ideas in mathematics to break down problems into smaller parts, draw parallels, and consider how a topic might relate to students' everyday lives.