My Misconception
Mentor

"If you give out rules and formulas, children have a tendency to forget the concepts. However if you have a process of questioning and exploring and arriving at the answer, the learning becomes a fundamental part of them and they remember concepts for a long time…. and they are able to apply it in different situations."

"When I began to take the questions to class, children started asking for more questions every day…It's basically how eager they are and they ask "Do you have any new questions today" …We have seen our children growing with this…"

"As a teacher, this course has been really eye-opening. We did science long back in our own classrooms, and in early years we don't usually look at science so critically. The way the questions are put up has deepened my understanding and refreshed so many concepts—there is a lot of learning for me."

"...To say, oh, I encountered this in my class, and this actually worked wonders, maybe you should kind of try that. That exchange (with teachers from other schools) was really, really very, very nice. So, when we, as we moved along the course, it was actually continuously in an exponentially increasing curve of the value-add."

"We work with a mixed ability classroom with 3-4 different levels of ability, including G&T students. When the trainer teaches the concept in this course, I am able to work effectively with students of all abilities, including the G&T students!"

"Only if we have the clarity of the concept, will we be able to deliver the concept. Then only we will be able to connect with the students as well… like the reason for the divisibility rule that we learned in this course helped us."

"One thing I have learned is the importance of allowing students to explore different methods and strategies of solving a problem, and not insisting on a regular method that we are supposed to teach them. This encourages the agency of the students."

"The classes are very interactive and useful, but I really love the assignments because there is lots to experiment and learn. Assignments are absolutely fun, wonderful – these diversify the way we think about a particular concept."

"We got to know how you need to explain fraction operations – taking 1 or 2 extra periods to go into this more deeply is worth it. The learning becomes more effective and helps students to move faster as they go ahead."

"My favourite realization has been the pictorial representation of fractions – it's been a wonderful revelation. The vocabulary and use of words also matter with students – if we use correct vocabulary, it helps students build their concept."