Is coaching and teaching different? So this year I am coaching HS volleyball, and this is not a post on that. But it is a post about why do we feel there is a difference between coaching a sport and teaching math -- because I think most people think they are different.
A key to coaching is not to talk too much, and it really is tough. You show them a skill quickly and then give them a chance to replicate and we develop, we make them better - we coach. Math teaching should be exactly the same - we need to lecture less.
All too often we seem to think we can talk our way to their understanding. I have been working hard at making flipped videos for my Algebra class and while I rarely lectured more than 20 minutes - these videos are falling between 4 to 8 minutes. So what was I doing the other 14 minutes? (A post for later)
I just need to work on guiding more, talking less. And remind myself, repeatedly, that students learn from doing, not listening (and I would argue a minority really listen and understand when I do lecture). But the key will be too talk less and have the students do more. It is time to become a math coach, get the players active and develop.
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