Math video

I have seen numerous videos like the one you shared above and it felt like watching tape recorders resembling children.
This is not math. It is a parody of language and human behavior.
Oh, and the happy faces are definitely the mark of Pavlov. Way to go 21st century.

Sad

So, this is called 'Whole Brain Teaching'? Scary & sad.
The participatory actions, in and of themselves, can be pretty powerful in engaging learning... But what I saw was test-taking robots, collectively being indoctrinated into a system that makes classroom management easier for the sake of perpetuating wrote memorization. Again, really sad.

David, is this a growing trend in the US?

Agreed

When she said, I know you are supposed to be excited, then she asked them to do a collective 'good and mighty groan' as they got a demerit mark in the sad-face column, I wanted to find the class and rescue the kids. They don't even have autonomy over their emotions... I guess that part of the brain isn't needed for learning;)

I made it less than 2

I made it less than 2 minutes. How is this allowed? Is this truly an entry? Bad joke? Surely someone must have pointed out the importance of thinking?

This video lives here too?

Oy, I just left a comment at Christopher Danielson's post of same video: This kind of “teaching” should only happen at a petting zoo.

I feel the same way commenter Truss said, "I wanted to find the class and rescue the kids."

Seems scripted, but that's okay for what it is

I don't get the impression that this is a regularly daily lesson. From your title even, it seems to me that this was the culmination of rehearsal specifically for this competition. There are some fine points that beg criticism for sure, but the if I'm right, criticism of this as a lesson which introduces this concept to kids is unfair. It's even obvious in that the kids aren't watching to learn the accompanying gesture (many of them are presenting the gesture to her before she presents it to them). To me, it feels in line with the role-playing that is done at teacher workshops -- give some time to come up with a roleplay and present it. In such case, you make things appear far more perfect than the reality will ever present.

I'm not saying to not be critical. I'm saying be critical in context. If I'm right, there's much positive in the success she has had in establishing the order of operations. Judging anything else about the quality of her teaching (beyond how good a director she seems to be) can't be done on the basis of this six minute contest submission.