http://www.mrlsmath.com Tools & Techniques for Math Teachers and Students Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:16:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.mrlsmath.com/mr-ls-student-pages/writing-in-the-math-class/comment-page-1/#comment-444 blombard Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:24:49 +0000 http://www.mrlsmath.com/?page_id=306#comment-444 Hello Mr. C, Most of the writing my students do is called EZ-Writes, using 1/4 of a regular-sized piece of paper which makes it less threatening. After students have spent time working on a concept, application or algorithm, I ask either a simple or more complex question; but in either case, the whole process for students takes less than two minutes. I might ask: "What was the most difficult part of xxx for you, and why?" or "What part of the xxx process is most important, and why?" Students put their names on the small papers, turn them in to my Paper Secretary box, and then return to work. I can examine a whole class of responses in less than a minute. I collect those that exhibit a poor understanding and paper clip them together with my seating chart. The next day while others are doing the warmup, I can meet with these few students to correct any misunderstanding. The basic rule for me is "Keep the process simple." Hope this helps. Mr. L Hello Mr. C,
Most of the writing my students do is called EZ-Writes, using 1/4 of a regular-sized piece of paper which makes it less threatening. After students have spent time working on a concept, application or algorithm, I ask either a simple or more complex question; but in either case, the whole process for students takes less than two minutes.
I might ask: “What was the most difficult part of xxx for you, and why?” or “What part of the xxx process is most important, and why?”
Students put their names on the small papers, turn them in to my Paper Secretary box, and then return to work. I can examine a whole class of responses in less than a minute. I collect those that exhibit a poor understanding and paper clip them together with my seating chart. The next day while others are doing the warmup, I can meet with these few students to correct any misunderstanding. The basic rule for me is “Keep the process simple.”
Hope this helps.
Mr. L

]]> http://www.mrlsmath.com/mr-ls-student-pages/writing-in-the-math-class/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Mr. C Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:51:57 +0000 http://www.mrlsmath.com/?page_id=306#comment-443 Writing in an Algebra class has been the topic of several of our recent department meetings. What types of writing exactly would be beneficial to students/teachers? Writing in an Algebra class has been the topic of several of our recent department meetings. What types of writing exactly would be beneficial to students/teachers?

]]> http://www.mrlsmath.com/mr-ls-student-pages/writing-in-the-math-class/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Ms.T Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:24:25 +0000 http://www.mrlsmath.com/?page_id=306#comment-387 I just became 6th grade math chair at our PI school. Lots of improvement needed there. Thanks for the inspiration of your work. I just became 6th grade math chair at our PI school. Lots of improvement needed there. Thanks for the inspiration of your work.

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