Summary: Never Say Anything A Kid Can Say
Rebecca Walters
Problem Solving Essay
EDUC 301-B02
February 16, 2015
In the article Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say, by Steven Reinhart, he tells his journey of realizing that his students did not comprehend his teaching methods. He lets us in on how he went about changing each of his teaching methods. Have you ever thought that possibly you classroom needed some kind of change to help your students with learning the material? The article begins with Reinhart stating that he thought the students understood one day, but when they came back the next day, it was clear that they were confused. The students were not doing as well as they were expected to on tests. He decided that he would change a certain amount of his teaching every …show more content…
Reinhart clearly shows his passion for his students’ learning, and his purpose for writing this article was to help other teachers help their own students. He sees his students struggling and is stricken to help them. Each different part of teaching and learning that he takes into account, he finds a solution for. The article mentions involving the students more, group teaching, and, the biggest issue in schools today, peer pressure. If we do not address the issue of peer pressure, how will we know that our students are actually learning and not being shy or afraid of asking questions? Reinhart cared for his students and his methods of teaching enough to change everything, and he shares his lists of things we can do in our own struggling classrooms to improve them. When we follow these guidelines, we are creating a classroom community that can work together, not one student’s answer verse another. This causes the students to put their ideas together to come up with the right answer. While he gives us some ideas and guidelines, but the most simple of them are ones that we should already be using, such as asking the whole group the question and not allowing students to blurt out answers. One of the main points of the article is to let the students say what they are thinking. As a teacher, you should not rephrase what the student says, but try to lead them to the correct
Problem Solving Essay
EDUC 301-B02
February 16, 2015
In the article Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say, by Steven Reinhart, he tells his journey of realizing that his students did not comprehend his teaching methods. He lets us in on how he went about changing each of his teaching methods. Have you ever thought that possibly you classroom needed some kind of change to help your students with learning the material? The article begins with Reinhart stating that he thought the students understood one day, but when they came back the next day, it was clear that they were confused. The students were not doing as well as they were expected to on tests. He decided that he would change a certain amount of his teaching every …show more content…
Reinhart clearly shows his passion for his students’ learning, and his purpose for writing this article was to help other teachers help their own students. He sees his students struggling and is stricken to help them. Each different part of teaching and learning that he takes into account, he finds a solution for. The article mentions involving the students more, group teaching, and, the biggest issue in schools today, peer pressure. If we do not address the issue of peer pressure, how will we know that our students are actually learning and not being shy or afraid of asking questions? Reinhart cared for his students and his methods of teaching enough to change everything, and he shares his lists of things we can do in our own struggling classrooms to improve them. When we follow these guidelines, we are creating a classroom community that can work together, not one student’s answer verse another. This causes the students to put their ideas together to come up with the right answer. While he gives us some ideas and guidelines, but the most simple of them are ones that we should already be using, such as asking the whole group the question and not allowing students to blurt out answers. One of the main points of the article is to let the students say what they are thinking. As a teacher, you should not rephrase what the student says, but try to lead them to the correct