Reflection by Rebecca https://padlet.com/seibertr1/4churhe3xpbd Maths experience en-us 2016-09-29 09:56:24 UTC 2016-09-29 10:26:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Maths experience seibertr1 https://padlet.com/seibertr1/4churhe3xpbd/wish/127193027 Over thirty years ago that I was a student in a maths class. Honestly all I remember was that I was in the second highest maths class and my maths teacher hated me. I always seemed to pass maths but from good genetics I imagine not good Teachers. My saving grace is that I am a Business Teacher and I teach Business - real world maths relationally. An example of this is that if I had to teach error bars in excel I could just show the students the steps on how to do it but at a higher lever I would instantly have disengaged over half the class. The why is so important! Real life how this works and what it means in industry is always the key. Yes, there is a great reason why we are learning this! So I explain by measurement (water flow over a dam wall) and how there will be discrepancies’ (hence my error bars) within the measuring instrument depending upon what it is made of e.g. metal or concrete, what the temperature is (as things expand/contract in hot & cold).  Blah blah blah...Yet at this point I have them, they don't exactly understand the instrumental part yet but they have excel foundation skills and when they realise why we are doing this the instrumental steps will be a walk in the park. Light bulb moments...
 I am not a maths teacher and I am not sure if my keeping it real strategy (finding transferability) will help with all maths concepts but it might just help "with this is not something I will ever use in real life" comments so often heard from students....
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