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Monday, February 24, 2014

Differentiated Quizzes

Guided quiz

So one of my goals this semester is to differentiate all of my quizzes.  Through classwork and other pre-assessments, I determine which students are still struggling with the concept and which students have mastered the topic.  This way I can see if the child understands the concept or parts of the concept.  I want to know exactly where they went wrong.
Normal quiz ( the 100s on this one gave me some comfort that it had been taught)

I need to re-work my multi-step equations quiz.  After multiple low grades on the last quiz, I have been racking my brain on how to improve the quiz/their learning.  So instead I figured I would open it up for suggestions.  I knew that some students were struggling to grasp what was being distributed in the problem, so I have covered distribution yet again.  I even gave points for highlighting like terms correctly, but I still think it may need to be a bit more guided.  What would you suggest? 
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  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2014 at 9:33 AM

    Mrs. P, I try to have levels of questions on my tests to help find out how far kids can go. So, for equations I would start with 2x + 15 = 33, then move to 2x + x + 5 = 45, and then to 2x + 12 = x + 8, etc. This helps me see where kids are having a break down. I also give half credit for steps leading to the correct answer but the final answer is incorrect. I give multiple quizzes so students can see their progress and try to improve weekly--plus the multiple entries helps boost their grade (if they continually fail after 2-3 quizzes, I pull them in at lunch or in a small group during class to reteach the concept).
    Good luck!
    Alicia

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