WHEN: November 19 (3.5 hours) – Mastery Algebra CP & 10th grade

WHAT: Student took a test in all three classes today.  My teacher walked around the classroom.  She is not allowed to provide assistance because it is a district-made, standardized test.  She explained to me that she walks around the classroom because she learned that statistics prove students perform better on tests when the teacher walks around the classroom.  This keeps the students on task, discouraging them from daydreaming or distracting others.  She noticed improvement in her classes last year when she started doing this half way through the year.

SO WHAT:  I thought this was an excellent point.  As I looked around at all of the students taking their tests, they all seemed very much on task.  I also liked that my teacher has been teaching for so long, but she’s still willing to try new things that she feels will benefit her students.  She is retiring in May and she is still trying to improve her methods of teaching.