Learning by grading your own work

Students will grade their own work after they complete it by checking their answers with the provided key.

STUDENTS: Here’s how to score work: If a problem is correct, add a point. If there’s more than one part to a problem, each part usually worth a point (unless specified). Problems not done correctly, incomplete or omitted do not earn points. Add up the points and put it on your score sheet under “Points Earned”.

Now go back and notice what happened with the problems you worked on that did not earn points. If you can turn around and explain to someone older than you (usually an adult) what happened, where you went wrong, and what you’re going to do to fix it, you can earn a half point back for each problem (after you fix it). Recalculate your score and adjust your score on your grade sheet. Finish calculating the rest of the row through percent. (Omitted problems do not generate fix-it points.)