Since the beginning of the year I have given Ben a set of math problems to finish by the end of the week. Some weeks they have been difficult. Other weeks they have been fairly straightforward. My initial intention was for him to present the finished work on Friday. I told him that he could show them to me any day and I would tell him if they were correct but I expected them correct on Friday.
I quickly realized this would not work. He was doing them (poorly) at the last minute with little regard to presentation or whether they were correct.
Next I told him to have a rough draft of them mid week so I could see progress. This proved ineffective as well.
Now I have him present one problem each day. Initially this still produced a rough effort but I have been stressing presentation and ‘telling the story’ of the problem. The last couple of days he has done much better. It is good to see the progress.
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