Mathematics Teaching Portfolio

I created a mathematics teaching portfolio to showcase 4 of the items I have created or worked on, creating a description and explaining their relevance to my teaching. I found this extremely fun to do and after completing it I found it very cool and a great item to have. It helped me reflect on the items I have worked on throughout the entire course. Below is a part of my mathematics teaching portfolio.

After creating this portfolio I thought about how I could use it in the future. I feel it is a great idea to allow students to create their own mathematics portfolio of items from the whole course. It can be divided by units with at least one item per unit.

A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that tells the story of a student’s efforts, progress, or achievement. It must include student participation in the selection of portfolio content, criteria for selection, criteria for judging merit, and evidence of student self-reflection. It is excellent to incorporate this into your classroom because it will engage students in learning content, help students learn the skills of reflection and self-evaluation, and understand what quality work is. It also creates an opportunity to document student learning in ways other than the traditional assessment.

This is why it is a great idea to try and incorporate this into your classroom so that students have an end of year they can carry along with them for the future.