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Requiring students to show their work emphasizes doing math more than knowing math. That's one reason I changed from "you MUST show your work" to you "MAY show your work." Read my blog post for more on this, and share your thoughts.
ok On 1/26/14, David Ginsburg wrote: > Requiring students to show their work emphasizes doing math > more than knowing math. That's one reason I changed from > "you MUST show your work" to you "MAY show your work." Read > my blog post for more on this, and share your thoughts. I always thought the reason for showing work was so that if som...See More
Feb 2, 2014
Jenn Yup, I always require it, and at a certain point take 1-2 points off if they haven't shown their work. Not only does it show that they understand the process and that they're performing critical steps correctly, steps that they will need in pre-algebra and algebra, but if they're making a mistake I can follow their work and see where they went wron...See More
Feb 3, 2014
Sara On 1/26/14, David Ginsburg wrote: > Requiring students to show their work emphasizes doing math > more than knowing math. That's one reason I changed from > "you MUST show your work" to you "MAY show your work." Read > my blog post for more on this, and share your thoughts.

I don't require that students show their work because ...See More
Feb 19, 2014
ok No work just encourages a lack of communication and precision.
Jun 12, 2014


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