Reflection of "Teaching the Marked Case" video

Teaching the marked case was a very interesting video.  For a while in many of our classes we have discussed engaging the students and using a relational understanding teaching method.  We have not however had the chance to see it in action.  I thought that seeing someone teach using a relational method was very helpful.  As a colleague mentioned in class, the instructor on the video was able cover more than one topic using his method.  This would be very helpful on a tight curricular schedule.  I thought that it also gave the students a great way of understanding how the math they were learning worked.  By the repetition and having students speak out loud I think that they would have a better chance of remembering the concepts they were being taught.  I did however have some concerns on the lack of notes.  If the students have nothing to look back on, how are they to remember what went on months ago?  Perhaps this teacher gave notes after his initial lesson.  As well, I feel that it would be important for the students to have a step-by-step method written down for them to practice which I did not see performed in the video.  I did, however, like how engaged the students in the video were and how many participated without fear of being wrong.  During the video it was also interesting to noticed how well managed the classroom was, so this is definitely a great aspect of this method.  I think that the marked case method has many positive features but could be used along with a more instrumental way of teaching to create and an even more effective lesson.