Process Standard- Communication

Communication is an important part of math, which is why it is one of the process standards. The four points that my group came up with from reading the article were

-Organizing thoughts in order to explain them to others

-Communicating clear and developed thoughts to others

-Reflecting on other people's methods for solving problems

-Expressing concepts correctly

Being able to communicate about math is important because it helps the students to really understand the concept that they are learning by organizing their thoughts. In the video analysis we watched how the teacher used discussion to talk about math. This was a different way to do math rather than having them just do problems out of the book. The teacher and the students were communicating about what they were doing. They were also reflecting on what they were doing and trying to figure out new ways to come up with different words that were worth more points. Communication is such a vital tool for any subject and I think students would like math more, if there was more communication involved. If the students can correctly articulate about math concepts that means they really understood what they have learned. In the standard it said that if students are challenged to think and reason about math and communicate about it, then it will be easier to understand when they have to write it out on paper. Listening to other people talk about math helps students to make connections in there head. I found this process standard to be very interesting because I never knew that teachers should be discussing math. When I was in school I was used to only doing problems out of a book and on the board. By watching the videos and reading this I realized that there are many ways that students and teachers can communicate about math.