Mathnasium Training Exam Questions And
Verified Solution 2024-2025
Individual instruction in a group environment - ANSWER many classes of one
Team teaching - ANSWER instructors rotate on floor helping students at strategic
moments, students benefit from multiple instructors. Each instructor helps students
individually
10 Rules of Engagement ANSWER Employ mathnasium teaching construct, if its not
working try new explanation, when student is struggling, fall back on old knowledge,
when student is succeeding expand knowledge, praise and criticise constructively if
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 - ANSWER Sit across from students, Supporting and
encouraging voice, Be concise
GENE Teaching - ANSWER help a student for a while, allow them to be independent,
help someone else, then come back
The Student Binder - ANSWER Contains material from student learning plan, assembled
from assessment results
Tabs 1-5 of binder ANSWER Assessments and progress info, Prescriptives in works
, grade specific, A+ splits active packs and new packs, Workout books in works in
development dependent, simple and helps w/ mathematical thinking, Corrected
Prescriptives, Corrected workout books
PKs (prescriptives) 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 ANSWER refresh instructors on methods
Mastery check ANSWER small test, should be completed solo
Focus Ons (FOs) ANSWER additional practice not aligned with grade standard topics
provides depth advanced students code located bottom right of each page
Workout Books (WOBs) ANSWER student number sense review part of NSD series and
Intervention series
Student incentive star punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow 4, grey 5
Team roles TT works best when the team is coordinated to support students.
Team teaching rules - ANSWER Do assign team roles, Rotate and read the floor, Do
engage students appropriately, Do interact with students effectively, Do disengage and
communicate, Communication and accountability for student progress, Do understand
team roles/accountability/communication, Provides space for development of students
w/o instructor, Students get opportunity to hear multiple voices of instructor, Productive
and Precise instructors, Lively Safe Space
Mathnasium is all about - ANSWER Custom and personalized learning, One on one
instruction, Independent students
Routine - ANSWER Students program is in their binder, Students pull binder off shelf,
Scan in, Pick up where left off, Work on workout plan