Reflection On Group Microteaching Assignment

          Overall I thought our group microteaching lesson was strictly OK.  I found this assignment a bit more difficult than the last microteaching we did because this time we had to teach in groups and thus it was a little tricky coordinating the lesson in a smooth manner; nonetheless, I thought my group worked well together and most of the comments we received back from the class were fairly positive.  The students felt we had good time management as well as a great “hook” to start the lesson and that we were able to successfully relate the fundamental counting principle to aspects of their daily lives; however, some of the students also thought the second example we presented (involving the ice cream cones) was too difficult to be used when introducing this topic.  The question we “assigned” for homework was also thought to be too hard in comparison to the examples presented in the lesson.  I agree with this assessment because I could see the confusion on the faces of some of the students during the lesson.  This is something we should definitely work on for next time.  Other suggestions from the peer evaluations included not having the class around one table next time and relating the lesson to other topics in mathematics.  On the whole though people felt our group did a good job and I too am satisfied with the lesson but at the same time realize that there is still a lot of room for improvement.