My First Reflection

My 1^st Reflection

It was an interesting and fruitful first lesson with Dr Yeap. He demonstrated how to carry out an effective and engaging Math lesson. He showed how to use the name cards to manage students’ attendance. He motivated the students to try out the activities in class through the use of the graph.

During the hands-on activity, the students learnt about area and making squares by putting the pieces together. Even though the students were seated in groups, each of them was given the opportunity to try out the different ways of making squares with the tangram set. They shared what they had learnt and help one another in their groups. They were encouraged to ask questions, jot down notes and even draw out the squares in order to help them learn better. Dr Yeap gave guiding questions and differentiated instructions to encourage the students to try using more pieces to create the square and help them learn about the area of square. Throughout the lesson, he also provided a lot of motivation and encouragement for the students. He further explained the different ways of teaching students and a teacher could do teach by telling, modelling, coaching and providing opportunities for the learners. Dr Yeap also talked about the Mathematical Problem Solving Curriculum Framework model which encompasses the 5 components namely the skills, concepts, attitude, metacognition and process. He shared on the 2 reports – An Agenda for Action and the Cockcroft Report which influenced the Mathematics Curriculum Framework in Singapore He also reminded the students to read more on the current initiatives for example the TSLN (Thinking Schools, Learning Nation) which was introduced in 1997. He briefed them on the PERI report and the 5 ways of learning and they are :- learning by inquiry, by interacting, by doing, in and out of the real world and by reflecting.   

The students were to reflect on what they had learnt after the lesson.