Should School Be Students - 1366 Words

School is an important part of every person’s life, in most cases it can shape the path of a person’s life. The purpose of school is to develop and prepare students to live dynamic lives in the world. School should prepare students to make great contributions to the world. School does this by developing in two ways: cognitively and socially. Schools develop students cognitively by promoting growth of skills such as: perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual spatial processing, problem solving, and etc. Basically these skills are responsible for the way we learn. These skills are really important because they help us carry out the most complex or basic tasks. School is also important because it develops students†¦show more content†¦Also I believe students learn best when learning is student-centered and inquiry-based (Wiggins McTighe,2011). Student-centered and inquiry-based learning shifts the way students learn. The learning styles now al low students to find and apply information themselves, instead of students listening and receiving information from teachers. Students become more involved and more interested in their learning (Wiggins McTighe,2011). Being able to use these different teaching styles is very important in mathematics. Mathematics is the study of number, shapes, and change. As mathematics developed over time, more discoveries were made to explain the natural occurrences being discovered. Mathematics attempts to explain the natural phenomenon throughout the world to better understand the world we live in. Because mathematics attempts to understand and explain the world, it is important to learn. Mathematics should be taught because it trains and develops problem solving, logic, and reasoning skills. Effective mathematics teaching nurtures these three cognitive skills through learning and understanding mathematics. Problem solving is important to thrive in the workforce. Most if not all jobs are created to solve problems or needs we have in the world. To solve these problems, individuals need to be trained to problem solve. Also math trains and develops logic and reasoning skills. Not