The biggest lesson I have learned is that my students need to practice. 3 or 4 problems is not enough. They might whine somewhat about the worksheet, but they are hopeless without a lot of practice. The thing to do is not to have other activities replace practice, but to have a lot of practice [...]
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My first quarter is over
Posted in chemistry, homework, planning, students, tagged lessons on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The test, and grades
Posted in assessment, homework on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two of my classes have C + averages, both overall and on the most recent test. The other class has an A- average. Is it me or them? How can I teach both these classes the same stuff at approximately the same pace.
I discovered something interesting while looking at my class summaries on Easy Grade [...]
Reading the Textbook
Posted in homework, reading, tagged homework, practice, textbook on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found several things that I really like for active reading. Most of them were things I had seen before, but sort of forgotten, because reading in chemistry is not a very common priority. I found several of my favorites on a site for teaching social studies, here.
Students dislike reading the textbook. I told mine [...]
