Passed!!
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Mathnasium Training Exam
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 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
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The Student Binder Answer: Contains material from student learning plan,
assembled from assessment results
Sections 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 (development dependent, simple and helps with 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: help instructors refresh on techniques
Mastery check Answer: mini-assessment, should be done independently
Focus Ons (FOs) Answer: extra practice, not grade related, general topics,
adds depth, advanced students, code at bottom right of each page
Workout Books (WOBs) Answer: based on student number sense evaluation,
part of NSD series and Intervention series
Student incentive Answer: star punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow 4,
grey 5
Team roles Answer: TT works best when the team is coordinated to support
students
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Rules of team teaching 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 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
How to rotate and read the floor 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
How to appropriately engage students Answer: See 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 Answer: Once they have it figured out,
let them try it on their own and help someone else, Always leave them with a task
Checking out Answer: Check workout plan goals and see if they've been
accomplished, Make a note on issues if necessary