Mathematics is a beneficial subject. Mathematics is more than just the understanding of the content being taught, it is the development of quantitative literacy. For example, problem solving is a skill that allows students to develop strategies to analyze and solve other problems. I believe teachers have a major impact on students’ education beyond the classroom to prepare them for their future. As a teacher, it is my responsibility to guide and assist the students to develop the skills that are necessary for their education and future. Scaffolding is important for mathematical instruction, therefore it is important for the instruction of each level to be in a specific order. The specific order should be followed by all schools' curriculum because it is very important to have the necessary information to be prepared for the next class. Vygotsky discusses the zone of proximal development. It is between what a student understands and the ability to understand by help. The zone of proximal development is important to keep in mind during mathematical instruction because students have different zones. Being a student centered classroom and having differentiated instruction is important to address all types of learners. There are multiple types of intelligences that define the type of learner a student is and mathematics normally addresses logical mathematical intelligence. Therefore, mathematics instruction should incorporate multiple teaching methods to address the other intelligences because all students have different ways of learning that should be incorporated. For example, cooperative learning groups address interpersonal intelligence, doing physical movements within the classroom for an activity will engage bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, and doing hands on activities will engage physical and visual learners. Technology is a very helpful tool to be used in mathematics and as a math major, it has been very informative using technology currently. There are many applications that provide visual displays of the equations and problems that are being worked on and have the ability to interact within the lesson, such as Desmos, GeoGebra, Peardeck, and EdPuzzle. This is also helpful to reach the students that are more visual learners. In the classroom, I plan to use technology within most of the units. By using Desmos, I can have interactive slides that allow the students to graph and calculate within each slide and it allows me to monitor what each student is doing. Also, by using GeoGebra in geometry lessons and classes, it allows the students to construct geometric figures. When learning and doing mathematics, your cognitive thinking is being used. Therefore, being able to do mathematics and be a math specialist, your cognitive skills are very advanced. As a mathematics specialist, I have developed the ability to think abstractly and be an adaptive problem solver. I believe these are crucial characteristics to have as a teacher and are important to teach students to develop these characteristics.