Teacher Reflection (MARS) for November 30, 2010

Today, I formed groups based on what students had to practice after independently completing a review. One group of students also did not finish a section because they did not understand that "Evaluate" means to solve the problem. I worked with two students who had quite a few problems to redo. As other students finished up a section or completed the entire review, they usually joined my group. This is really working well because I find many students do not start thinking about how to solve problems until they are asked to complete a task. Even when I have students hold up white boards with their answers, a few students always lag behind. Working in small groups has kept them more focused. Also, they don't have to listen to a whole class discussion of problems they already know how to do.