Before we started our blogs we researched and looked at different blogs. One of the things that stuck out to me was different voices. I liked it when the blogger told stories through different eyes. In one that I looked at the mom talked about her sons and used life experiences from her sons. In another the dad actually let his daughters dictate to him and he wrote what they were experiencing. In my group I told them that I was going to use the new ideas that we found. So here we go...
One of my students is named Daniel. He is very bright. I asked him how he liked to learn. He said that he liked when we did games and projects. He is a very high student but hates to write. His favorite math activities were the hands-on. He really enjoyed when we pretended to have an ocean and we put sea creatures in it. I found that with Daniel paid more attention during the hands-on activities. When pencil and paper are given to him he flies through it. He just wants to get it done. I believe that for him, he learned best through the activities and he agrees.
I also spoke to Daniel's mom. She talked about how it is a challenge to get him to do his homework. She has a hard time getting him to sit down and do the work. He would rather be playing outside or in his room. She believes that he is such a good student because he has been in school since he was 3. He has learned appropriate behavior and abides by the rules. She uses positive reinforcement at home to encourage him to do his homework.
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He sounds like a great kid. I also like it the blogger writes from someone else's perspective or has someone dictate to them. I'm pretty excited to get the point in my writing about my research where I can share some of the choice student interview tidbits I just finished transcribing today. Who knew they could say "and", "but", or "because" so many times that one sentence took up ten lines of 11 pt font.
As you, Carrie, I find it so very enlightening to spend time with a student and ask them what they like or do not like. I have interviewed five students recently and I am amazed how much I can learn in a five to six minute one-on-one interview. I remember this from Dr. Tracz's class last fall and I need to remember to do it all the time. It is great for the students to have a real discussion with a teacher and it is wonderful for the teacher as well. It does not take much time at all for such enormous payoff. ~Theresa
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