Questions my host teacher asks the students:
Most of the questions Mrs.Whitescarver asks the students are straight forward questions, such as "What is the answer to number..." She also asks questions to make sure the students are understanding the new concepts. When she does this she will usually go around the room and ask each student to answer a part to a problem. For example, if we are doing problems that include multiple steps, she'll ask one student for the first step, the next for the second step, and so on until the problem is completed. My favorite type of questions that she asks are when she has the students answer the question then stand up when they think they have the answer. The sheer motivation to being able to stand up drives the students to quickly and efficiently answer the questions because once the majority are standing, she picks one of them to explain the answer.
Friday, October 14, 2011
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Great strategy to engage students! Do you think students who struggle with math like the strategy?
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