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Every week, my teacher provides the class with a worksheet called, “Math Today”. Each day (Monday through Thursday), students are expected to complete one of the four rows on the worksheet. During this time, students are asked to work individually for about ten minutes. At the end of the ten minutes, the teacher asks the students to take out something to correct their work and they begin to review the worksheet as a class. As students correct their worksheets, my teacher guides them through the problems. She does this by reading each question, calling on a student for the answer, and then having the student explain how they got their answer. If the student answers incorrectly, she works with the student to help them understand where they made their mistake and then continues to aid them using the correct process. Although, students are guided throughout the review of the worksheet, “Math Today” is a review of math skills students have already learned and are expected to know. Therefore, students are instructed to mark any answer they initially got wrong on the worksheet, so that the teacher can record their grade in her grade book. In addition, the teacher also gives the students a test every Friday on the material that was covered on that week’s “Math Today” worksheet. Personally, I feel that the “Math Today” worksheet is an excellent way to assess student’s understanding of the math skills they have already learned. However, I do not feel that the “Math Today” worksheet should be a graded assessment. Instead, I believe the students should use this worksheet as a review of what they need to study for their test every Friday. Nonetheless, my teacher has been using this type of assessment for years and feels that it is most effective.

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