Video Review

In the video, the teacher used some simple yet effective techniques for an effective teaching. Interactive: By tapping at the wall and asking the students what number it is, he successfully grab the attention of every student in the class and let all students participate in the activity. Through this interactive activity, the students will get the feedback from the teacher right away. If a student makes a mistake somewhere, he can adjust his understanding and catch up to the rest. Repetitive: This activity lasted for a while during the class, which builds up the fluency for the students. As students are still at young ages, they need the repetition to memorize the techniques. Sometimes the teacher think students have got the idea and quickly move onto another topic, just because a few students have answered the questions correctly. But in reality, many students have not understood what is going on. Even those students who answered the questions correctly, they have not built up the fluency to do it quickly. Therefore, repetition is an effective technique for the kids to build up their math skills. Visualization: When introducing the variable x, he drew a simple diagram to visualize why x+3-2=x+1. As a visual learner myself, I like to see how things change right before my eyes. As the old saying says “seeing is believing”, most students, including me, are convinced.