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Re: Can somebody answer this question for me?
Posted by Miima on 7/11/08
First, since I cannot simply blame myself or half of the class
for not putting forth effort, I will go through my student’s
test once again. I expect to identify what students have
learned and the gaps in their knowledge. They could have done
poorly on the test because they did not understand the
concepts. Focusing on the areas they found most difficult I
will be able to reteach the unit a new way over again.
Second, I will do a one to one conferencing with my students to
determine what are their strengths and weaknesses. I will talk
to them and ask if they had thoughts on why this happened and I
will be open to listening to their ideas. Talking to my
students will give me enough information on which to base my
judgments of progress.
On 7/09/08, Sara wrote:
> On 7/09/08, Jamie wrote:
>> For instance: I just completed a unit and it's time for an
>> end of unit exam. 50% or more of my students fail the
>> exam. It's time to move on to another unit. How do I
>> handle this situation in the classroom? All professional
>> suggestions are welcome.
>
> Is it math? If it's math or foreign language, they need to
> master that unit before moving on. I teach history and social
> studies. I can move on to the colonization of America even if
> the class hasn't really grasped what was the Protestant
> Reformation.
>
> When half the class would fail the test, I'd also look
> carefully at what questions were commonly answered wrong. I'd
> want to know as best I could what went wrong. Is this a
> common occurrence in the class - do half of them fail all the
> tests? Some of them fail some of the tests?
>
> If this amount of failure is unique or even unusual, I'd throw
> out the test and not count it and I wouldn't use the test
> again in any other class.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Can somebody answer this question for me?, 7/09/08, by Jamie.
- Re: Can somebody answer this question for me?, 7/09/08, by MelissafromVA.
- Re: Can somebody answer this question for me?, 7/09/08, by Jamie.
- Re: Can somebody answer this question for me?, 7/09/08, by Sara.
- Re: Can somebody answer this question for me?, 7/11/08, by Miima.
- Re: Can somebody answer this question for me?, 7/13/08, by blah.
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