While at
the inquiry celebration I sat in and listened to two presentation sessions.
Both the presentations dealt with secondary education, most in math but one in
social studies. During the first presentations I learned about review games,
assessing and preparing students, and the effects of homework. The most
interesting thing I learned is that homework doesn’t show that it helps or
hinders students. The presenter’s data revealed that completing homework affects
each student differently.
During
the second set of presentations there were only two presentations. These are
the presentations that with social study pre-service teachers. These two topics were on
differentiated instruction and coaching and teaching. The presentation on
differentiated instruction was really really good. The presenter was very
passionate about her topic and included lots of personal, heat-touching stories
during her time in the classroom while working on her inquiry.
Overall
the presentations were interesting and insightful; I will keep them in mind
while planning for my next year.
