The concept of
teaching proves that teachers’ teaching performance is a factor affecting
students’ learning. Student’s success primarily relies on the hands of
teachers and so as the success of one nation.
Teaching mathematics is hard because most of the students perceived math as the most difficult subject. It requires a deep understanding of the mathematics involved
and how to create instructional contexts that lead students to engage with
mathematics in meaningful ways. Hence good teaching strategies is required in
the ways that would best facilitate their student’s development of mathematical
understanding.
Extensive knowledge of mathematics a teacher must have in order to confidently
explain concepts and processes to her students. This confidence boosts her
credibility and helps students trust in her ability to teach them what they
need to know.
Students learn in
different ways. To help students learn the concept, teacher must be responsible in providing multiple ways (e.g. graphs, diagrams, words, data, manipulative) to solve equations and problems and uses those alternate strategies to help struggling students grasp
difficult concepts. Teacher may also incorporate the use of technology. She let her students explore and enjoy math by extending it through technology. There are
lots of software application that may be used in delivering the lesson that
would help students figure out the topic. Some of these are Latex, Scilab, and Mathlab.
The best way to learn anything is to discover it by themselves by letting them learn guessing and proving.A teacher serves as a facilitator of learning, providing
students with the knowledge and tools to solve problems and then encouraging
students to solve them on their own. When students answer a problem
incorrectly, she does not allow them to quit. She encourages students to figure
out where they went wrong and to keep working at the problem until they get the
correct answer, providing support and guidance where needed. It is also effective to look out for such features of the problem at hand
as may be useful in solving problems to come-try to disclose the general
pattern that lies behind the present concrete situation.
It is also best to engage
students in working and learning together with others, typically in pair-wise group.
It is designed to engage students actively in the learning process through
inquiry and discussions with their classmates.
The teacher appreciates
and recognizes students effort in solving mathematics. This will help to
develop students’ self-esteem and will boost their confidence towards
mathematics.
It is best to know effective strategies that will
provide good math teaching in order to produce competent students who are
active in nation building and responsive to challenges of 21st
century.
Gladys P. Perez
Master of Science in Mathematics
University of Batangas
