Krajcik

There were many parts of this reading I fully agreed with. One is with the Scaffolding method of teaching, I wish my teachers taught me like that when I was in elementary school. The definition of this method is exactly what teaching should be like in the primary grades up until the students are able to be independent, which can be different depending on the student. Scaffolding seems to show a way for teachers to teach the students until they fully understand, and then back off so the students can explore the concepts themselves in a way that makes sense to them. The reading also mentions that students must relate to the concept in some way that is outside of school. I always asked my teachers, in every subject, why I had to learn it.  Especially when I didn't understand what I was supposed to learn. For example geometry, I to this day still don't understand why I needed to learn proofs when they have nothing to do with my life. When students don't understand concepts, connecting them to a real life experience that they may have had can help them understand. My physics teacher did that a lot and it helped our class understand why we were learning it. Another point the reading brought up, was visual learning and the importance of the student being able to look, feel and perform the experiment themselves. This point made me think of all the specific things I remember from science, and they were all the experiments that were hands on and visual. I like how in our class we are learning how to use new technologies with the iPads and Dropbox. The very last page of the reading it mentions technology in the classroom, which is something that as teachers we should expose our students to as much as we can. Technology is an important part of our lives and could definitely help our students succeed.