Visual Presentation

THOUGHT

 It is very important for students to be able to visually represent their thinking, and solutions (e.g. in charts, graphs, etc).

REFLECTION #1

Visual representation help students to organize their thinking, and explain their thinking process to others. Teachers can help students to become accustomed to representing data in this way, so that it becomes a skill that students can use, not only in math, but across curricula as well, such as web diagrams when brainstorming for a piece of creative writing.

REFLECTION #2

These skills are not only helpful to students, but being able to represent ideas in visual ways can benefit everyone. With the everyday use of technology, the internet, and other means, we are constantly representing ideas to others in visual ways. One example is the creation of an itinerary for a trip. This can be a visual way of representing information from one person to another, and there are certain aspects of this, that allow people to know exactly what the information means, so it can be "decoded" and understood.

An itinerary provides information so that others can
understand what is going on, and at what time.