Mathnasium Training Exam
Individual instruction in a group environment - correct answer many classes of one
Team teaching - correct answer instructors rotate on the floor, helping students in strategic moments,
students benefit from multiple instructors, Each instructor helps students individually
10 rules of engagement - correct answer Use mathnasium teaching constructs, try a new explanation if it
isn't working, fall back on old knowledge when a student is struggling and expand knowledge with
student is succeeding, praise and criticize constructively when appropriate, socratic vs direct teaching,
use mathnasium vocabulary, use tools for visual learning, use metacognition, use mental math, master
team teaching
Half and half model - correct answer half HW, half mathnasium activity
Mathnasium model - correct answer warmup, warm down, mathnasium activities, HW
Guidelines for instruction delivery - correct answer Sit across from students, Supporting and encouraging
voice, Be concise
GENE Teaching - correct answer help a student for a while, allow them to be independent, help someone
else, then come back
The Student Binder - correct answer Contains material from student learning plan, assembled from
assessment results
Sections 1-5 of binder - correct answer Assessments and progress info, Prescriptives in works (grade
specific), A+ splits active packs and new packs, Workout books in works (development dependent, simple
and helps with mathematical thinking), Corrected prescriptives, Corrected workout books
, PKs (prescriptives) - correct answer designed like typical math practice pages with increasing difficulty
ranging in length (2-22 pgs) (Don't tell them the PK level)
Instructional pages - correct answer help instructors refresh on techniques
Mastery check - correct answer mini-assessment, should be done independently
Focus Ons (FOs) - correct answer extra practice, not grade related, general topics, adds depth, advanced
students, code at bottom right of each page
Workout Books (WOBs) - correct answer based on student number sense evaluation, part of NSD series
and Intervention series
Student incentive - correct answer star punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow 4, grey 5
Team roles - correct answer TT works best when the team is coordinated to support students
Rules of team teaching - correct answer Assign team roles, Rotate and read the floor, Engage students
appropriately, Interact with students effectively, Disengage and communicate, Communication and
accountability for student progress, Understand team roles/accountability/communication, Gives
students space to develop without instructor, Students hear multiple instructor voices, Instructors are
productive and precise, Vibrant safe space
Mathnasium is all about - correct answer custom and personalized learning, One on one instruction,
Independent students
Routine - correct answer Students program is in their binder, Students pull binder off shelf, Scan in, Pick
up where left off, Work on workout plan
How to rotate and read the floor - correct answer Look around see if students have lost
focus/talking/staring into space/asking for help/stuck on one page for a long time, Use peripheral vision
to see if students are raising their hands while engaged with a student
