15th Quick Step: Writing your test. Teacher marking your test.
Change how you write a test based on how your teacher marks a test.
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Good morning math students,
Howz the learning going????
Today, I’m taking you on a trip into how your teacher thinks when marking a test. It will give you some intel and tips on quick steps you can do to write a better test!
A: Teacher marking a test
Your math teacher is a person, human! Their blood is red. They have a life outside of school that has nothing to do with math.
One of their most monotonous and tedious tasks they have as a math teacher is, marking tests. Imagine having to mark 90 tests, and you have to do this every four to five weeks. Some dread it.
So there is a conflict with marking tests and their other life and ... and what do you do when you don’t like something you have to do? Figure out a way to do it quicker. Like I said, teachers are human like the rest of us. They will come up with a strategy to mark tests quicker … and then they get to spend more time in their other life.
A strategy for marking tests quicker
a. 1st, Make up a complete solution to the test.
b. 2nd, For each question, a mark is allocated.
Example: 2 marks for question #1, 3 marks for question #2 … etc.. The marks are given based on the number of steps required in the solution – so a three-mark question will require three steps or more. Note: This gives you an idea that questions worth more than 1 mark will usually need multiple steps.c. 3rd, Time to mark: They will grab four to five tests,