Individual Reflection of interviews

Through our group’s interviews, I find that most of the students think that Math is an important subject for their lives and for their future. They also have high expectations for their Math teachers. For example, they would like a fun and energetic teacher. They also hope that Math teachers can give simple and clear explanation for each question. Most students agree with having homework as long as it is not too much and repeated questions. The students also prefer learning rules to equations instead of proving equations. In addition, most of the students don’t remember that they have had a creative lesson. Therefore, I think that giving a creative lesson might be a big challenge for a Math teacher.
By other group’s interviews, I realize that boys and girls have different interests for learning math. Girls like to sit down and do their work, and boys like to try different things. I also learned that a Math teacher should give intelligent students some challenging questions and give them chance to tutor other students. Meanwhile, a Math teacher should try to keep the struggling students from giving up like giving them extra time for their tests. From other’s interview, I also realize that most of the students like interacting teachers.