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A Model for Understanding: Understanding in Mathematics.

This article is all about how students are able to understand mathematics. The author, Edward J. Davis, created a list of items that people must be able to do in order to understand a topic. These were a list of seven things like, state in own words, state the opposite of the item, and give examples of it. Davis went on to saying that these items do not complete the list of items needed in order to thoroughly understand a topic. I like the format of the article how he would explain one of the items needed in order to understand, and then he would have a chart of questions and examples that would go along with the point needed for understanding the topic.

This is a beneficial article for math teachers because students all understand topics in various ways. With having these tools to help see whether or not a student has grasped the concept, students will be more successful in mathematics in the long run. If a teacher notices that the students do not understand the topic, they will change their teaching style so that everyone is able to get the math concept.