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During Inquiry I, I learned:
I learned that I must make sure that I regularly share accurate data with my students about their pacing & their grades.
I learned that making pacing plans with students has been helpful. When I work with students one on one to discuss their math strengths and challenges, I also get to talk to them about their lives, computer access, pacing, and work ethic. I use this time together to encourage students to keep up their pacing, to use their time wisely, to actively monitor their progress, and to help one another move forward (rather than hold each other back).
Relationship building is the most valuable thing I do with my students. If they know I care about them and they learn to trust me, they will come to me for help when they are challenged by their assignments.
I also learned that poor attendance has the largest ill-effect on my students' pacing and grades. I realied that just by coming to class, students have a much greater result when it comes to keeping pace with the course and having a passing grade. I also realize that I cannot sit idly by and wait for students to show up. I need to play an active role in reaching out to students. Though I do not speak Spanish, and most of their families do, I can still try to make calls to show I care.
Another great thing I learned during Inquiry I is that, when you let students work together at their leisure (not enforce a silent classroom), students will share problem solving tips and techniques and their individual learning styles and culture come through when sharing ideas. Students gain unique perspectives when working with one another, and I plan to heavily encourage this type of collaboration much more from now on, not just allow it to happen.
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