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 *  Describe what you see as the important concepts in these articles. Elaborate on why you think so.

In these articles, the main ideas I saw were reading comprehension in math and the importance of manipulatives. I believe these are very important for a math classroom because in order for students to full understand and comprehend what they are learning, they need to be able to write about and be able to read about it. There is not much reading or writing going on in math classrooms today so it’s important to get that practice in the classroom to help promote learning, activate prior knowledge and clear confusion. Manipulatives was also address and how effective and ineffective they can be. In a classroom if students are able to do the manipulating, learning because easier for students.


 *  How would you view the connections to your classroom?

These connections are ones that I want to make in my own classroom. I want students to be able to use manipulatives to aid in their learning. I do not want it to always be me talking and lecturing to them but I want them to discover the information on their own. Also, I want my students to be able to improve their skills if they are weak in some areas and have strong reading skills in math because when they go to the next level they might have to learn on their own through reading about a concept and I want them to have the skills necessary to do such and learn in the process.


 *  Describe the relationship between the articles and what you have learned about learning theories.

The readings seemed to relate to the Developmental Theory because it’s all a learning process. As you grow as a student, you mind develops along with you and how you expand your mind will happen through writing and reading of math text. Also Sociocultural theory with the manipulatives because its hands on and the opportunity to explore math with others around you. Less teacher led instruction and more student engaged instruction.

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