Re: Quiz was supposed to be successful!!!
Posted by Kerry in BC on 9/01/08
Since it's so early in the year, if it were me, I would explain
to these kids that the results of the quiz were rather
disappointing in one sense... the marks weren't very high. (I
wouldn't give them back their quizzes or their marks.) Then I
would also explain that as a postive thinking person, I would
like to look at this as an opportunity-- an opportunity to teach
and learn rather than a dismal failure.
Then I would explain that the problem seems to be connected to
notetaking. I would further explain why notetaking is so
important in this particular course because...no texts etc.
Then I would re-teach the information and guide them through the
notetaking process. At the end of the session, I would have
them refer back to their independent notes and compare them to
the ones we had developed together. I would ask them to write a
few sentences about the differences that they notice.
Hopefully, their second set would be much improved. As a class
we would discuss how these notes could be used to prepare for
tests and hopefully they could visually see how the second set
would be much more effective when it came to writing a
successful quiz.
Then I would allow them to re-take the original quiz....
remember, they haven't seen the orignal version marked yet.
Hopefully, for most students the quiz results would be much more
successful. Then I would return the tests and we would compare
our first and second test results. With a much improved second
grade on the quiz, I think kids would be very motivated to take
better notes for the rest of the year. No one would have been
punished with their first low grade and everyone would have
learned something about the value of taking organized and
careful notes.
Now, at this point I'd also want to be sensitive to the kids who
HADN'T improved. If they hadn't improved, then more than note
taking is involved. There might be other learning difficulties
that are present. But at least I would have information leading
me to look further into their problems.
I have a similar type of question and response on my Discipline
without Stress blog that might be of interest... it's about how
one teacher dealt with a similar issue... that of students doing
a poor job of their math homework
Improving the quality of homework
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Quiz was supposed to be successful!!!, 9/01/08, by Stacy 8 NC.
- Re: Quiz was supposed to be successful!!!, 9/01/08, by Rebecca.
- Re: Quiz was supposed to be successful!!!, 9/01/08, by zodea.
- Re: Quiz was supposed to be successful!!!, 9/01/08, by Kerry in BC.
- Re: Quiz was supposed to be successful! , 9/01/08, by ~connie .
- Re: I agree with Kerry AND show them Cornell Note Method, 9/02/08, by marjoryt.
- Re: Quiz responses, 9/04/08, by Stacy 8 NC.
- Re: Quiz responses, 9/04/08, by mrsd.
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