Mathnasium Training Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+
Individual instruction in a group environment - answer many classes of one
Team teaching - 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 - 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 - answer half HW, half Mathnasium activity
Mathnasium model – answer warmup, warm down, mathnasium activities, HW
Guidelines for instruction delivery - answerSit across from students, Supporting and
encouraging voice, Be concise
GENE Teaching - answerhelp a student for a while, allow them to be independent, help
someone else, then come back
The Student Binder - answerContains material from student learning plan, assembled
from assessment results
Sections 1-5 of binder - answerAssessments 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) - answerdesigned like typical math practice pages with increasing
difficulty ranging in length (2-22 pgs) (Don't tell them the PK level)
Instructional pages - answerhelp instructors refresh on techniques
Mastery check - answermini-assessment, should be done independently
, Focus Ons (FOs) - answerextra practice, not grade related, general topics, adds depth,
advanced students, code at bottom right of each page
Workout Books (WOBs) - answerbased on student number sense evaluation, part of
NSD series and Intervention series
Student incentive - answerstar punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow 4, grey 5
Team roles - answerTT works best when the team is coordinated to support students
Rules of team teaching - answerAssign 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 - answercustom and personalized learning, One on one
instruction, Independent students
Routine - answerStudents 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 - answerLook 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
How to appropriately engage students - answerSee how they're doing, Be inviting and
non threatening, Students will be self conscious to ease them in, See what they know to
adjust your vocabulary, Scaffolding by working on easier stuff to work on what they
have an issue with
How to disengage and communicate - answerOnce they have it figured out, let them try
it on their own and help someone else, Always leave them with a task
Checking out - answerCheck workout plan goals and see if they've been accomplished,
Make a note on issues if necessary
Instruction Teams - answerSeparate areas or student needs, Higher level students may
be sat separately from lower level, Ratio should not exceed 4:1 students to instructor
Team leader - answerCenter director or experienced instructor, Direct students to seats,
Check students in, Direct instructors, Delegate, Acknowledge students in need, Assist
struggling students
