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What is the most effective way to teach? Can students really learn and fully understand the material teachers convey to them on a day to day basis? According to a middle school mathematics teacher, his methods of teaching the traditional way was not as effective and producing a long-term impact as he would have liked. The article Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say! enriches us to the possibility of applying slight gradual modifications to our teaching methods and how we could find ways to utilize that information in the search for more effective teaching methods to encourage students to explain their thinking and become more deeply involved in the classroom discussions, thus developing their questioning skills (Reinhart, 2000). After†¦show more content†¦In order for him to accomplish this, he focused more on the five questioning strategies: never say anything a kid cant say, ask good questions, replace lectures with sets of questions, use more process questions, and to be pat ient. He stressed the importance of teachers not only asking quality questions that guided a students thinking abilities but to also allow students the time they need to actually think through their observations to arrive at an answer they are most confident in (Reinhart, 2000). I liked his wait time approach, as it is important for us to always give our students time to process their understanding of the question to arrive at their answers rather than always asking a question and calling upon the first hand we see. I agree because often times, students who are timid do not want to be called on so they either do not complete the work to arrive at an answer and if they do not know the actual answer, they do not know the proper steps they need to take in order to arrive at the right answer. This method can be productive for both the students and the teacher. I can see some positive aspects of Reinharts position of a student-based teaching method. It promotes self-confidence in the stu dents. Students at this level are more peer-conscious and if