I do thank all of you that have sent me either as e-mails to everyone or
indiviually with your suggestions. You have given me some useful
information for my classroom and also have confirmed that I was, and am,
headed in the right direction with my thinking on teaching this class.
THANKS.
Jodi
>Thank you Barbara! It is easy to blame students lack of mathematical
>knowledge on elementary or high school teachers. The fact is they are just
>like us, doing the best job they can day by day. If you want to change the
>world you have to begin with yourself. What can I do to improve my teaching?
> We begin by improving the way we teach the prospective elementary teacher.
> After all, we tend to teach as we were taught. Guess we need to set some
>good examples and quit passing the buck. The majority of the elementary
>teachers I know do a very good job. The majority of community college
>teachers do a good job but I would hate to be put down because one of you had
>a child enrolled is a class taught by a "lousy" community college instructr.
>
>I guess maybe one rotten apple must spoil the barrel!
Jodi Cotten
Northern Arizona University
jodi@primenet.com