Comments on: Common sense to deal with poorly performing students http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/14/common-sense-to-deal-with-poorly-performing-students/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike Devx http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/14/common-sense-to-deal-with-poorly-performing-students/comment-page-1/#comment-16871 Mike Devx Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:42:40 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2115#comment-16871 When I taught high school math, every student got a unique id that they could share or not share, and every Monday, I posted the current total grade in a spreadsheet on the wall. (1988-1990).

Nearly every student who was doing reasonably well was HIGHLY motivated and very interested in the results. They were often competitive with their circle of friends. It was fascinating. It was worth it.

“reasonably well” would mean, anything above a 75. Anything measuring some sort of success.

We included the chance to take one or two retests for a failing grade, which also helped a great deal.

But what struck me the most, in those days, is how competitive they were. AMERICA is not dead!

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