Chapter ten looks at giving students multiple attempts to master the work that they are doing for class. If students repeatedly need to redo work it may point to other problems and the teacher needs to schedule a time with the student to find out what the problem might be and to find a solution to fix this problem. Any redone work that the students want to do needs to go home and be signed by the parents so that they know what the child is doing in the classroom and also allows them to know how they are doing in classroom. An important part of the chapter dealt with having the teacher reserve the right to change the format of tests or not allowing students to redo projects. This makes the most sense for tests because during forced choice students are able to memorize the answer pattern. This will not help them with mastery but only with their grade. Students also need to have rework done and handed back within a week and are not allowed to wait until the end of the grading period to get the work back in. Teachers also need to help the student set up a schedule because this will help the student complete the task on time and help them with time management.
This is something that should be considered for all classrooms as long as there are certain rules and guidelines set up. Students should not be allowed to make up ALL work or be able to badger the teacher into letting them make up work. As the chapter stated if students are consistently redoing work there is a larger problem at hand and it is up to the teacher to discuss the problem with the student. Sending the paper home to have parents sign can be both a positive and negative thing. Having the parents in the loop about student work is good but some students maybe turned off with having to have their parents sign their work and will not retry to show their mastery.
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