Managing Student Work

Managing Student Work

1. effectively managing seat work

   • practice and review
   • no more time than allocated to content development activitites
   • give clear instructions and sufficient practice
   • work first few problems together
   • will talking be allowed?
   • circulate
   • how will students ask for help?
   • when can students get out of seats?
   • short contacts with students
   • short segments rather than long time slot
   • arrange seats to facilitate monitoring
   • establish a routine

2. collecting assignments and monitoring their completion

   • institute a regular procedure for collecting assignemnts
   • have a procedure for grouping papers by subject or class session
   • keep a record of whose papers have been turned in

3. maintaining paperwork

   • assess, record and return assignments quickly
   • be realistic about your grading capabilities
   • recognize that every seat work assignment does not need to have a grade
   • institute a system for coding the papers for each subject or class section
   • have a predetermined way to return papers to the students

4. giving students feedback

   • provide frequent and regular feedback
   • develop ways to provide feedback to students in class
   • take prompt corrective actions with students who do not perform well