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Learning Segment Reflection


Manhattan College
Kate Cappabianca
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https://youtu.be/ZpwIU4kgwO8

After re-watching my learning segment, I realized that the way that my do now was

prosecuted was a little awkward and unorganized. I think that this has to do with having to do

this online, as I planned for my do now to be in person with students working in groups. As I

went on throughout my PowerPoint I saw myself becoming more confident and comfortable

teaching.

At approximately 2:58, I referred back to what a student had said previously. I thought

that this was well done how I was continuing the do now into defining our terms by using what a

student said previously. This made the lesson flow better and it gave recognition to the student.

At about 4:47, I asked students to think back to middle school math class and tell me what the

distributive property was. I thought that this was done well because it relates new concepts to

previous concepts and shows how previous concepts will be used in later math classes. I also

think that all throughout the PowerPoint I changed my voice to emphasize import key concepts

and words, though this was not written on my rubric. I think that it is important for me to realize

that even if I think I’m doing something maybe do it a step up a notch, this applies to changing

the tone of my voice and speaking slower. At 12:37 I gave students a 30 second warning and I

thought that this was good because it allowed for them to finish up any last thoughts. In order to

observe student understanding I asked them to tell me what answers that they came up with

(13:16). I think that this was done well because it let me measure how well my lesson got

through to students and if they understood the concept. I corrected a student and told her where

the error was, and I praised her for the rest of the answer saying that it was awesome otherwise.

At 14:39 I asked students to answer some of our learning goals to conclude the lesson. I think

that this was done exceptionally well because it tied together the beginning of my lesson with the
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end and showed students that they were effectively able to answer their learning goals. I believe

that I promoted high level of student participation during my lesson through asking questions and

asking students to share their answers during classwork.

At about 7:45 I had students work on classwork independently. I thought that this was

done both well but also not that great. Since this lesson was online, I had to sit quietly and let

students work, I could not see what they were doing and could not walk around the room. I think

that this would have been much better if we were in person and I could walk around the room

and gauge their understanding of the material. Instead I just sat there staring at a timer until the

students were ready.

I think that all throughout defining our key terms I went a little fast, I do not even believe

that this is due to the time constraint on this lesson. I thought that this was a good pace but

clearly, I was going a little too fast and should slow it down because some people may not be

able to follow this pace. I think that I could have made the examples for classwork a little more

challenging, instead of just multiplying by a number, maybe I could have given an example with

a polynomial or a variable to challenge students (13:25).

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