When i do mass, people go, oh, you must be good at memorizing. And my answer to that is always, you know, i like mass because i don't have to memorize. If there's a formula and i know where it comes from, i can derive it, i can get it back. When we look at a formula as a story, then it helps us connect rit. The more you can make stories and connections and reasons, the better it allows a student to learn.
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