How To Go Back To My Second Practicum

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If I go back to my second practicum, in the same school, I have no difficulties with classroom management. I remember that when I was in my first practicum in SPH Cikarang, one of Chemistry teacher told me that in higher grade, teacher emphasized the content rather than classroom management, yet it is still important. They already had awareness to study and prepare for the exam. I taught grade 9 and 10 in my second practicum. There, my content was being tested and fortunately, I could teach them the right concepts even there were several students who could not understand well. Before the announcement of internship placement, I wished that I would teach senior high school. The announcement was out and I got grade 7-12. I taught that I would …show more content…

Games are really good to improve students’ motivation. I got some positive respond from students and they enjoyed the activities. Based on the theory, motivation can affect students’ achievement. The practices are also true. Only 3-5 students who did not pass the exam and the rest passed the exam. I did a variety of teaching because based on my previous mentor’s input in second practicum. I need to use more variety of teaching rather than just explaining directly to students and do drills. Drill is really works for motivated students, yet it is not really effective when implemented to unmotivated students. That’s why I give them games to motivate them learning math, and then I give them drill to deepen their understanding. The weakness of my method is that only those who have higher achievement in math active in tournament games. Other students are just silent and depend on those students. To solve this problem, I ask all of students to do the problems. If not, their score will be decreased. However, they still depend on smart students and wait for their answer. For further teaching, I will consider students who are less able in math so they can also give contribution to their group. For classroom management, I can control and manage class well. Sometimes I cannot hold my laugh when I see my students. I need to be more serious and stricter to

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