Analysis of Student Work
10-11-12
AN Everyday Math worksheet was a homework assignment
originally assigned on Monday and collected on Wednesday. This worksheet consisted of two
portions of activities. The first
activity section involved solving equations consisting of numbers less than
twenty. Below these equations,
students were asked to cut out advertisements of items, with their
corresponding prices. These items
were to be glued in order from least price to greatest price. Items were to be limited to five items
or less.
Although my student did not make any errors on this
worksheet, I chose her work as I feel that her mathematical thinking is being
limited by the class assignments.
This student has clear understanding of addition and subtraction facts
and listing a series of numbers (in this case the prices) is an activity that
does not challenge her thinking.
My concern is that this student plateaus or does not make the
mathematical gains she is capable of when this worksheet is a fairly authentic
representation of their daily homework.
In the future, I would like to create formative assessments that
challenge my higher level students’ thinking. I have very little insight into this student’s thinking and
I would like to be able to more effectively analyze the skill and strategy sets
she has.
You can also think of using a formative assessment that has the student explain her thinking in more elaborate detail. You can also think of ways of having this student share / defend her thinking with other students in class, making her a valuable resource to others in the expansion of their thinking.
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