Ms. Tsitsopoulos's Math Blog

Laster, K., Laster, K., & profile, V. (2018). Math Is...2014 Version. Retrieved from http://mathmagicwithlaster.blogspot.com/2014/09/math-is-2014-version.html Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog!             In today’s class we focused on the importance of positive growth mindset in math. This topic really stood out for me as I started to reflect on my previous math experiences. Growing up, my math teachers didn’t integrate a positive growth mindset into their everyday lessons. From my high school math experience, I didn’t think about the other students around me and how they learned math differently than I did as I was extremely focused on the way I wanted to do the problem and my way of solving it was right. However, now as a future educator that mindset has completely changed.             The TED talk watched in class today gave me inspiration on diff...

Hello everyone and welcome to my Math Blog! My name is Nicole Tsitsopoulo s. I am a Brock University Teacher Candidate. My first teachable is Chemistry, and my second teachable is Mathematics. This is a blog about mathematics, teaching, reflection, learning and technology. The goal of this blog is to reflect on my experiences in my teaching for math course from two perspectives; a future educator and a student. There are many challenges facing mathematics in education today and this blog will critically analyze my experience with the current mathematics curriculum and my overall philosophy of mathematics education. This blog also will reflect new ways I have learned throughout my educational career on ways to effectively teach math in schools today, and reflect on my previous experiences teaching math in the classroom. I will analyze how today's mathematics curriculum prepares students for their future roles in society and this blog will investigate ways that future educ...