Maths Observation

Today I was fortunate enough to observe Kent Somerville take a maths session. The session was introducing decimals as fractions and trying to solidify the knowledge between the two. This was an invaluable session and I learnt so much from this observation. I have learnt how to introduce fractions to students who know little to nothing about fractions. It gave me an opportunity to focus on key vocabulary that I should be using when discussing this topic. I feel that this has given me the ability to feel confident in the way I am teaching this in maths and the key vocabulary that will help strengthen their knowledge. 

This has given me a boost in my ability to teach maths. So far I have found with teaching that my maths views and ways of teaching have changed and I haven't felt as confident in this area of the curriculum. In having this observation with Kent it allowed me to see the key vocabulary that should be used in each stage and also what to do if some learners understand and others don't. 


It has also given me the opportunity to see this taught in a real classroom environment. Rather than seeing this done with a perfect group who have been scaffolded prior to this is was great to see the introduction of a new topic and how to teach learners at all different levels of knowledge and how to complete this during a lesson.

This observation has given me some key areas to work on in my knowledge of teaching maths and how to best teach this to as a new topic with students with a range of different abilities and prior knowledge.