Math for Elementary Teachers II 1512

Tim Bedley and His Teaching Techniques

So Tim Bedley likes to use a process of teaching by letting students figure out the answer without being told the answer, even when they have questions. Instead of giving them the answer, he turns there question into another question that they can understand and are able to figure out the answer. I think this is awesome. What better way to teach than to actually show students how to figure things out, on the own.

Without a doubt I think this process not only teaches students things, but teaches them in a way that they will remember and feel confident in using. They can actually think of how they previously solved the problem and how it can be used to solve other problems! Brilliant!

In his video he uses different outfits to engage his classroom and how many possible outfits they could make with 3 shirts and 3 pants. Here is the link if you would like to check out the video https://clc.ims.mnscu.edu
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An example I think that would work great with students would be using healthy snacks, how many different healthy snacks could the students make with 2 fruit choices, a choice of milk or juice, and a choice of yogurt or nuts. I think the children will like seeing what is possible and they always love food so if they could eat some of their results I think it would help the process stick even better!

Here is a short video of a student talking about how much she enjoyed Tim Bedley's teaching style and how she had fun and learned more!