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How to assess student writing in math
Posted:
Feb 3, 1999 10:14 AM
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What many of our teachers are doing is taking into account the
students' learning styles, and, in the case of special education
students, the modifications that may be needed for that child and
grading according to that - so an excellent picture or diagram that
shows how a student solved a problem is acceptable. However, we then
take note and try to move students along in the ways in which they are
having more difficulty.
One way that has worked for us it to "publish" really good examples of
what we're looking for, eg. have two or three children whose
explanations and/or diagrams are very clear copy their work onto
overheads, show the overheads and have the class evaluate the work,
asking "Do you think this is a good explanation? Why?" or "Do you
think this drawing shows how Susan solved the problem? Was it clear to
you? Why?"
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