I tried using the scoring system from WIN TV's "Hotseat" as a way of providing feedback to students on their homework performance. The class I tried it with was a low performing year 10 maths class but I expect it will work with a wide variety of classes in secondary schools.
What I did was write a vertical list of scores on the right hand side of the white board to mimic the layout in the TV show. (ie from bottom to top $100, $200, $300, $500, $1000, $1500, $2500, $4000, $6000, $10000, $20000, $50000, $100000, $250000 & $1000000.) I marked the level they were at based on whether they answered the homework questions and crossed out the top levels when a wrong answer was given. They got to the $1500 level showing they weren't performing well. I did create enthusiasm. I'll try it again and see if it translates to the class as a group being motivated to do better at homework.
Seaforth from Newery Island
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- Murray Peterson
- This year (2010) finds me as a Postgraduate Student at Central Queensland University. I had been working for Connell Wagner Pty Ltd as Senior Structural Engineer but I was made redundant during the 2009 "Economic Downturn". Though the economy is picking up in some areas, the trend in Engineering is for companies to re-staff their head offices in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne first. I myself, not being in a hurry to move to a capital city, chose to enrol in the Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching on the basis that there is continuing high demand for mathematics and science teachers in regional areas like Mackay. On the other hand, there is an increasing trend to get engineering design work done in Indonesia or India where the engineers get paid less. For a reasonable period of time I expect there will still be a need for teachers to be in classrooms so I expect there to be work for Australians in this field. I like the idea that teaching is quite decentralised with plenty of work in regional areas.
Low Tide on Newery Island
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