Math 316-Week 3
Reading Questions
Write up your response to the following questions after reading Every Minute
Counts pp. 17-42.
- Why isn't working the homework problems that students had difficulty with
sufficient to improve their understanding?
- What are two readiness check questions you could use at the 7th grade
level prior to teaching the properties of multiplication of a (negative) *
(positive)?
- What are some of the advantages of giving homework quizzes as described by
Johnson over simply collecting the homework the day after it was assigned?
Write up your responses to the following questions/statements after reading
Motivation Counts pp. 41-54.
- Come up with your guidelines for making homework assignments.
- What is your role in student test preparation?
- Identify at least 3
additional format changes you would recommend on the test given on p. 52.
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