Today students are working on written review questions to prepare for a Unit Test in Excel. Students were given 12 questions to answer and a 3 page Excel Review packet to refer to. Students typed their answers to the questions in Word. Minimal instructions were given.
Observation:
- For the most part, students began on the assignment right away.
- There were two Korean students who needed more encouragement to get started and stay on task (and stop talking).
- There was minimal interaction between students, except for the occasional student who asked their friend for help with the answers. Towards the end of the period there was a few more students seeking assistance from classmates.
- Most of the answers to the questions were located on the review packet and involved basic recall and locating the answer.
- Only two of the questions required synthesis of understanding.
- Only two students asked for clarification of questions from the teacher (21 students present today). There was little interaction between students and the teacher.
- The first student finished in 17 minutes.
- When students finished the assignment, several surfed the Internet, some visited with each other, two went to the restroom, and one student worked on homework for another class.
- All but 7 students finished the assignment during the 45 minute period.
Results:
The average class score for the assignment was 91%.
19 out of 21 students turned in the assignment. (The 2 exchange students did not complete the assignment on time and when they eventually did show it to me - it was incomplete and did not show understanding of the concepts)
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