Utilizing the Worksheet in Teaching Mathematics

There are a lot of factors which make people do not enjoy doing or learning mathematics. One of them is the mathematics teachers’ skill in presenting mathematics to the students. Generally, there are many teachers who still use “direct instruction” or “lecturing” method only in teaching mathematics. Based on Apriyanto (2012) experience and his interview to some teachers when he was doing School Experience Program (SEP), the teachers stated that using lecturing is the best way to teach mathematics. If we use another method, it’s just wasting the time, while in another side there is too much material to teach, so lecturing is the best.

Reflection of Reading “Examining Mathematical Discourse Practice”

In the third meeting in CLS-EE course, we were given a reading material “Examining Mathematical Discourse Practice” by Judit Moschkovich (download it here). After reading, we should make a short reflection about it. Here, I just wanna share my reflection after reading it. Here it is.

How I Choose and Use Examples for Teaching Mathematics in the Classroom

This semester, I did my School Experience Program (SEP) in SMA Labschool Kebayoran. The objective of SEP for this semester was experiencing the teaching for at least four times alone by myself (not for peer-teaching any longer). Moreover, the course embedded to this program was Project Based Learning in Mathematics Instruction (PjBLMI), so I should apply the PjBL in my teachings.

Starting CLS-EE Course

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In this-fifth-semester, I have a pedagogical course which is called "Classroom Language Strategies: Explaining and Exemplifying" or we make it short CLS-EE Course. I guess, this course will explore much more on how do we explain and exemplify in the mathematical classroom with many strategies. In the beginning of this course, all of the students should answer three questions. Here, I just wanna share my answers.