I thought that Ms. Maronpot is a really good teacher, and I
liked how she didn’t want to settle for just good and tries to improve on the
areas she’s not doing as well.
One thing that stuck with me was when Dr. Royce talked
to her about asking more application questions. I think a lot of times in
school, especially in science and math classes, we focus on knowing what
something is versus how can we use it. It can be tough sometimes because
figuring out the application calls for a lot of brainstorming and thinking
outside of the box. Having students collaborate in groups can help a lot with
this. Ms. Maronpot implements application questions to her students in that
way, she gave each group puzzle pieces with questions and each student had a
puzzle piece with their name on it and had to answer the question on it to
their group. She also used differentiation with the puzzle pieces by
purposefully giving each student a puzzle piece with a question that would
challenge them enough. I like that she did this because not every student in
the class is going to have the same ability level so to be able to give harder
things to the students who understand the concepts better and easier things to
the students who are struggling to understand. (226)
I love your point about teachers usually focusing on what something is versus how it can be applied beyond just a definition. This can be really hard to do and collaboration and brainstorming can be really helpful. I think it is important for students to understand the application aspect so we do need to work towards making sure we are making them think about the application of concepts in our classrooms
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