Review Session Reflection

A few quick things first:

A few students kept shouting out answers really quickly.  So, we began calling on people specifically.  This worked out really well for the smaller group because we could figure out where the person was faster.  I also would go around the room and ask other people if they agreed or disagreed with that answer.  We also asked some of the students to explain or define their answers.

After about five students were in the room I asked them to begin looking through their notes.  I wanted to give a couple extra minutes for those that were running late.  I kept standing by the door of the room in the Commons so that I could flag down any lost looking people.  No one came up with questions during our silent part so we began the slides.

After each Chapter section of the slideshow we asked again if there were any questions on that material.  We only had one question the entire session.  It was a clarification on correlations.

At about 11:30 our attendance doubled.  I’m not sure if they thought that’s when the session started or what happened.  After we made it through the slide show one time, we asked for any more questions and then I offered to go back over the beginning part.  Josh had to head to class.  Most of the late attendees stayed and went through the first part.

After each section of slides, we asked a couple questions from the study guide.  Most of the people didn’t really seem to know that it even existed.

Reactions:

I really wasn’t very nervous about having to be in front of this group or talk to them.  I was shaky on the questions and I think that that was the biggest stressor for me.  Had I been able to feel confident in all of the answers I think that I would have felt more prepared and confident overall.  I’m sure that I knew most of the answers but I just kept second guessing myself.

I wish that Josh and I would have had a little more time together to connect and explicitly plan how we would approach the situation together.  I realize we both had extremely busy schedules and we did try to get together (we were together for about 20 minutes :).  I think neither of us really knew what to expect either.  On the second one, we’ll all be feeling a little more prepared.

I really feel like I am able to respond naturally to questions and situations (like a student always shouting the answer).  I feel like I can adapt to that pretty well.  I’ve felt pretty confident in other similar roles that I have had.  However, I really feel like I am thinking about why I make those choices and taking a more indepth look at my behaviors. I am also gaining knowledge of other ways to approach situations and excite discussion and teach.  I know that the focus here has been on the university setting but I really feel like what I have been observing and learning is applicable to the K-12 level as well. 

OKAY THAT WAS REALLY LONG 🙂

IS IT SUMMER YET?!?!?!  Not that I am wishing for school to be over…but could the snow really just STOP!?!?!