Teachers have been experimenting with how they interact with their students for ages, from doing stuff from the book or going outside for hands-on experience. Ever since COVID, teachers have been struggling to find ways for their students to learn. Since the class of 2023 and beyond, administration and teachers have implemented new ways to teach their math classes.

These more common styles and methods consist of students going into groups and standing around a white board. At this whiteboard, the teacher gives them the assignment or problem and has them work on it themselves (or in a group). This is with little to no explanations, some students say.

Some sophomores and juniors feel they prefer this method of teaching, saying it was more hands on. Doing whiteboard work is supposedly supposed to replace the note work that most students do for the majority of the class period. Although this group work is more hands-on, it removes the teaching aspect that all common classrooms have: which brings up the point if there is even a purpose of having a teacher anymore.

“Personally, I really enjoyed doing that type of learning in class. It felt really hands on and I learned a lot better,” junior Olivia Gill said.

However, despite the popular opinions, there are a small minority of students who prefer the ‘old style’ of teaching. Although it lacks the appeal of it being hands-on, some students learn better this way.

“I really don’t understand the new teaching styles and geometry as a whole. It’s much easier to have a teacher explain it to me rather than learning it on a whiteboard. Personally, I don’t like it, but I see how others might learn better from it,” sophomore Devan Nagy said.

“Compared to notes, this is way better. I mean yeah, there isn’t much of an explanation but I would much rather prefer working on a white board than doing 30 minutes of notes. I 100% prefer this method of teaching rather than what the standard was in the previous years,” junior Jaila Williams said.

Whether it’s notes, whiteboards, or group work, all students learn differently. Many students here all collectively agree that the teachers should consider how their students learn; not everyone learns the same nor will they get the same grade.