i've had a problem where i had students compute, you know, in very detailed, structured ways. And that was really the thing we were curious about. We wanted to see these numbers get close to some value. So for the exam, this is way too long, rit soan tim,. i just gave them the sequence of numbers, and i said, tell me, do they get close to something? And the students came to me and said, i've never seen this, fellow. You've never done something like thatand that was, throgh, the eye opening moment. I think the discrepancy bet n what students see as important and what we see as important can be
Silvia Heubach discusses mindset, metacognition, and math on episode 246 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Quotes from the episode
The more you can make stories and connections and reasons, the better it allows the student to learn.
—Silvia Heubach
Learning happens when students do work.
—Silvia Heubach
When you try a new methodology … you have to sell it to the students.
—Silvia Heubach
The teacher is a coach that can help you, but you need to do the practice.
—Silvia Heubach