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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 78637" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Wow~ I couldn't have said that better myself. I think I'll use that with your permission when my students ask why they have to show the work.</p><p></p><p>Here's a view from the other side. . .</p><p></p><p>In advanced high school mathematics, it is very important to show the work. Most problems require multiple steps to find the solution. If the student just shows the answer and it is wrong, then I can't look back and help them see what they are doing wrong and we can't fix the problem. Then they will continue making the same mistakes over and over again.</p><p></p><p>I always assign the odd problems in the textbook for homework so students can check their answers. They find this very helpful in identifying if they understand the material and what they should ask me about the next day. Some students simply copy the answers out of the back of the book. To stop this, I require that they show the work so I can tell that they really put effort into the homework. </p><p></p><p>When it comes to assessments, I tell them that they don't have to show the work. However, I give partial credit when I can see the steps and identify that they had at least a partial understanding of the problem or that they simply made a careless arithmetic error. I can't do that if they just give the answer. In that case, they lose all of the points.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 78637, member: 1967"] Wow~ I couldn't have said that better myself. I think I'll use that with your permission when my students ask why they have to show the work. Here's a view from the other side. . . In advanced high school mathematics, it is very important to show the work. Most problems require multiple steps to find the solution. If the student just shows the answer and it is wrong, then I can't look back and help them see what they are doing wrong and we can't fix the problem. Then they will continue making the same mistakes over and over again. I always assign the odd problems in the textbook for homework so students can check their answers. They find this very helpful in identifying if they understand the material and what they should ask me about the next day. Some students simply copy the answers out of the back of the book. To stop this, I require that they show the work so I can tell that they really put effort into the homework. When it comes to assessments, I tell them that they don't have to show the work. However, I give partial credit when I can see the steps and identify that they had at least a partial understanding of the problem or that they simply made a careless arithmetic error. I can't do that if they just give the answer. In that case, they lose all of the points. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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