Evaluation

I evaluated Jordyn Ross on her presentation on expanded notation and the instructional algorithm for multiplication problems. Even though the whole group did a very good job, I felt like Jordyn put a lot of effort into her part of the assignment. I didn't have a hard time understanding the material because it was mainly a review of what we learned before, but I think that if I was learning it for the first time I would have gotten a good grasp on the concepts.

There were several things that she did during her presentation that made it all come together. She first explained her part by showing the class a poster she had made. The poster was clearly labeled and was a bright color to catch the attention of the class. Math isn't always the most exciting subject so I thought that was a good idea to keep everyone's eyes on her. One of the criteria for the evaluation was correctness and having a poster already made out with a few examples was a fool-proof way to keep everything that you teach correct.

I though that Jordyn explained her information very well in that she was slow in showing where the answers she came up with came from. I think she asked the class at least 3 or 4 times we understood what she was telling us. Even though the class didn't say anything, it was still good that she asked. If a student has a question, they usually won't ask it unless they are prompted by the teacher or another student with the same question, or at least that's how I am. After showing the class the poster and going through those problems, she moved onto the chalkboard and wrote out some more examples. Even if someone didn't understand what was on the poster because it was already worked out, she showed three problems worked out from the beginning.

Besides her good explanations, good eye contact and clear, loud speech, I thought Jordyn did a very good job on her part of the presentation. On the evaluation, I rated her with 71/75. The only things I didn't see were a connection to the real world and delivering opening and closing remarks to catch the class's attention.