So the school year is in full swing now. Students in my Advanced Math class have started doing a few reassessments. And I think that it's getting through that I want them to understand this stuff by the end of the semester, even if they don't get it the first time around. My Math 1 class has done pretty well with it, but they're starting to ask questions and talk to a classmate when they're stuck. I have students in both classes that have used the Livebinders pages I made over the summer that contains a lot of tutorials/extra worksheets for most of the standards that I hit in my classes.
I've also revamped my reassessment procedure (with a new application) so students have a bit more flexibility with how they decide to reassess. My guess is that most students will do option 1 or 2, but I'm fine with them doing 3 or 4 as well (or any other idea they come up with on their own if it's a solid way to learn). It's also nice to check out their work and then have a short discussion with them if it seems like they're still stuck on some part of that concept so they are able to get it down before they try again. Here's the new version:
I think the bell-ringers have been good for gauging student learning and the weekly quizzes have been fantastic with letting me know how well students do with the current concept. The only thing that I would like to change about the quizzes is to make them a bit more conceptual stuff instead of procedural. Right now it's about a 50-50 split for Math 1, but we've been running through rational fractions/rational functions and algebra with Advanced Math so it's a bit more procedural.
However, overall, it's been a very good 6 weeks and I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of the semester goes.
