Summary of Dave Hewitt's Video

The video on Dave Hewitt’s teaching method was quite fascinating. His non-stop interaction with the students really made it seem like he was just a guide and the students were really figuring out the concepts themselves. It was remarkable how simple he makes it seem, keeping all the students engaged and getting all of them participating. A few observations I saw was that he always made the ideas concrete, such as tapping the board using the ruler. He would stay on the same concept and made sure that the students got the concept and he did it in such a way that it seemed like the students weren’t thinking that it was very repetitive. He made sure that everyone was participating and in fact from what I noticed, when he asked questions, he would wait a while and let the students who raised their hand up a little later to answer the question. Throughout the video, we got to see a lot of the students participate and he even gives everyone a chance to answer the questions as one unified voice. This is something that I found very intriguing as everyone feels part of the learning process and it does show if there’s different answers in the class. Because of all these the students seemed so attentive and very much active in class. It was also great to witness him not directly saying whether a question is right or wrong when a student asks him. He tries to deepen their understanding by not just saying the answer, but rather by getting them to think carefully of how they came to that conclusion. The video definitely gave me some great ideas in how to keep participation and a continued discussion going in future classes.