October 1, 2011
Warm-ups in Math Education
Warm-ups serve to set the atmosphere for doing math and should help students begin to shed the mindset of the previous period and begin shape their minds for the lessons they are about to embark on. And, this may be a radical thought, but in math class, or any class for that matter, warm-ups don’t necessarily have to be related to the subject. The class could be led through a follow the leader clapping exercise, or any activity that could get the students attitudes and minds ready to be engaged in the class. When using math problems as a warm up exercise the teacher’s role is to quickly evaluate the quality of the answers produced and decide if more problems of that type are need for certain students. Also warm-ups can be a great way to help give the teacher an idea of where their class is with the fundamentals.
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Wonderful overview of the various functions of warm-ups in math education. Tying old to new; review of the basics; preparing for what's coming, etc.
ReplyDeleteWhen writing your future lesson plans, one might want to refer back to the sentence in our Group Project #1 on Warm-ups that displays a wide variety of possibilities, and try to mix in all of these as time goes on.