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Re: Quiz was supposed to be successful!
Posted by ~connie on 9/01/08
Wow! Kerry's post blows me away--I always allow redos, but the
next time I'm in a similar situation, I'll follow her advice,
because it seems like it would have a great impact on learning.
~connie
On 9/01/08, Kerry in BC wrote:
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> 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
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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