Response to Mike M's Prompt 3

In Mike’s response to prompt 3 he clearly states the importance of assessing students at their rate of learning. This reminds me when in my classroom the teacher would group students based on their ability to learn, and what they have learned so far. I like how Mike starts off by stating that this is indeed essential to teaching. Mike gave some examples of techniques to efficiently assess the students, which was relevant to what my teacher in the classroom I tutored used. I found it helpful that he mentioned these techniques because it gives the reader knowledge of what can be used in the classroom.

Shor really emphasized on equal participation, as Mike explains in his prompt. This is key to Shor’s theory and his beliefs in teaching. I also like when Mike adds in the statement that Shor said when he explained how there is a need for structure and openness. This is in fact something I believe is true; in my classroom the teacher had a variety of day-to-day lessons so the students were interested and it worked. When I read about how in Mike’s class they would separate the students by their academic capabilities this reminded me of my classroom and how the teacher would organize the students. I can also relate to when he said it was difficult to make sure the students were on the same page.

Overall, I found the methods Mike mentioned about Shor to be relevant to my experience and how my teacher used these methods. He mentioned key points of Shor and his main focus and goals as a teacher, which was helpful in letting me understand his experiment and how Shor related to it.