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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach HS math and belong to many online teaching groups where all the teachers are stressing out about teaching online this fall and talking about how busy they are preparing for it.  I really don't get it.  I taught over Zoom this spring and while there were some modification that needed to be made, it really wasn't terribly different than what would happen in class.  In person, I have presentations that are displayed on my SmartBoard, on Zoom, I display the same presentations on my computer.  I don't understand how it's THAT much work for other teachers to transition to teaching over Zoom.  Obviously, I'm not referring to elementary school teachers who are leading reading groups, or teachers who teach subjects like FACS where they normally cook in class.  But for HS teachers, who teach in the four core subject areas, we already have presentations that we use in the classroom, these can just as easily be shared on Zoom.  There's not a tremendous amount of modifications that need to be made.  Is most of the stressing out coming from the elementary teachers, and those who teach subjects like PE, Theater, that really need to be completely reworked?[/quote]

[b]I think your teaching style is exactly why so many students hate math. This sounds dry, boring, unimaginative and just plan lousy lazy teaching.[/b] I hope your school has few teachers like you and more than realize teaching is more than putting up a presentation. [/quote]

You have any better ideas of how students are supposed to learn high level math without receiving a lot of explicit, direct instruction? It's not something kids just "discover" working in groups with each other. [/quote]

[b]NP but yes I do have idea for how students can learn high level math without lots of direct instruction.[/b]  I use lecture sparingly.  Yes it took a lot of work developing materials but my classes have been very successful on the AP exams.  Including this year.[/quote]

Well, don't hold back.  Please share. [/quote]

I use a lot of discovery based activities to have students learn instead of me directly teaching them the content.  It is not the easiest thing to write out on an anonymous forum but it works very effectively for my students and for my upper level math courses.[/quote]

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