Reflection: Dave Hewitt

In his classroom, Dave Hewitt made it imperative to his students to have a proper wait time. He did many lessons with his students and asked questions, but always gave an appropriate wait time, in a way that kept his students engaged in the lesson. He also found it very important to repeat his key points in order to ensure his students were understanding and absorbing every word he was saying. He made his lessons more so a conversation than a lecture, by incorporating the ideas of every student rather than simply transmitting knowledge. This way students had a memory of what they had learned rather than just notes on a paper. Finally, the most important part of Hewitt's lessons were when he would encourage his class to say the answer to his questions in unison. It allowed students to gauge their understanding while getting help from their peers along the way.
Of all of Dave Hewitt's classroom techniques, I definitely find the technique of his class saying answers in unison to be the most useful. While I can see how they would all be useful in their own ways, this is the one I would use the most. It is a clear way of seeing if the students understand, and a later reaction time, or no response from students can show that a student may not exactly understand the concept. I really enjoyed this video and hope to see more from Dave Hewitt in the future.