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- Do you think you are learning any "tricks" or test taking strategies by answering these questions every day?
- Do you think you will be able to perform better on the actual ACT because of our practice on these questions? Why or why not?
- Do you actually give an honest effort to try to answer the question each day? If not, why? What could we do to encourage you to try harder?
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1. Yes
ReplyDelete2. Yes, i learn some tricks and strategies by doing the question of the day. Also, when we go over the answer, we learn why it's that answer, so it helps.
3. Yes
1. Yes, i think it helps you to be more familiar with the test
ReplyDelete2.yes i think that people would perform better because they will have had more practice and also, the same thing as #1, they will be more accustomed to the questions.
3.yes I give effort and i think most people in the class do too, and it helps when you go over the questions and explain why the answer is correct
1. Yes, aside from learning new strategies, doing these questions everyday also helps us students feel more confident in ourselves when it comes to taking the ACT.
ReplyDelete2. Yes. It seems like a lot of questions on the ACT, or on other standardized tests, have a similar format. By becoming familiar with each type of problem, we learn ways that will help us answer questions faster and with the correct answer.
3. I do give an honest effort in trying to answer the question of the day. In my class; however, it seems that many people do not. Maybe to get more class participation, instead of always taking a poll of the answer, ask certain students each day what they got for an answer to start a class discussion.
Choosing a particular student and asking him or her to explain his or her answer is a great idea, ilovesports!
ReplyDelete1.Yes.Like they always say...practice makes perfect.And it will allow us to feel more comfortable answering simple questions.
ReplyDelete2.I think I will perform better.Im not a very good test taker.Especially long tests! But having practice and feeling prepared helps calm my nerves.
3.Yes,i do try my hardest because its important.I agree with "ilovesports" too.Alot of classmates dont put as much effort into it as they should.But it shows by our answers and who participates in this extra credit.
I have to agree with I lovesports, I think that it would be better if more people included themselves in the discussion. :)We could take from others choices and see how and why they chose what they chose instead of just taking a poll.
ReplyDeleteI also have to agree with ilovesports. I've noticed alot of students just ignore that the problem is even on the board and just talk. Maybe we could give the student incentive by starting to make answering the question required as something to turn in at the end of the week. Like, possibly, keeping record of answers for the week and being required to hand them in for a few points. This will encourage the students to actually put effort into the ACT questions :)
ReplyDeleteThese are good ideas. Let's keep them coming.
ReplyDelete1. Yes the Science, and English ones especially.
ReplyDelete2.Yes i am learning how the ACT questions work rather then just the knowledge and it is helping in every field, but social studies, and Mr. Mach does that.
3.Yes, and more often then that i find students ask each other the answer, although in my area they tend to argue their answer more then anything, although a lot of students just raise there hand with majority too.
1. Yes, answering these questions daily does help us learn strategies. A lot of these questions focus on the same points or subjects, so by learning how to break down the problems and learn simpler and faster ways to answer them, it helps us with all future questions we might get.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, I think that we are learning strategies each day by answering these questions. A lot of times taking big tests like this can be overwhelming and I myself get easily frustrated. Taking it one question at a time makes it a lot easier to focus and will train us to, in the future, try and focus on each question individually and not get frustrated.
3. Yes, however I think people tend to care more and put forth a more honest effort if there is a grade at stake. So I would have to agree with Mithos and say that turning in a sheet at the end of the week with each day’s answer on it would be a good idea! Also some people could say they can just ask someone around them what the answer was, so maybe have us include a sentence or two describing why that answer was the correct one. Just a thought..
1. Yes, the question of the day helps me understand what to look forward to on the ACT.
ReplyDelete2.Yes, I think these questions will help me perform better on the ACT because they teach me fragment, punctuation, and grammar skills. The science questions let me know what to look forward to on the actual ACT.
3. Sometimes I put the effort into actually trying to figure out the answer. Sometimes I just ask my neighbor if I don't feel like doing it because sometimes I feel like i already know it. I would encourage that different types of questions would help instead of teaching the same thing.
1. These daily questions help me to gain a better what i will expect not only in our science class but in English and Math also. i think it would help also that we need to learn the ti[ of reading quickly and and answering fast to use time effectively.
ReplyDelete2. Doing these questions daily will not only help us to perform better on the act but in all our classes overall i think this should be suggested to all teachers of juniors to better prepare us for the act by giving us daily reminders of what we will see on the actual test.
3. For the most part i put the time to look for the answers to better prepare me for the act. I would encourage to include a more wide variety of questions to mix it up
1. Yes it helps us practice act questions and helps us learn faster ways of finding the answers to the questions.
ReplyDelete2.Yes because all of the statistics say that the more practice you get for the act the higher your score will be so it obviously helps.
3.On the math and shorter questions I do but if its a question that makes you read a passage or something I usually dont try because I sit next to all my friends and talk to them if the question is longer than usual. I think you should make us right them down and take them as an assignment
I also agree with "Mithos" in thinking that we should write down our answers and turn them in for some points. Maybe also have a reason as to why that is the correct answer because just writing down a letter doesn't seem like enough.
ReplyDelete1. yes it helps you get ready for the ACT test by answering these questions.
ReplyDelete2. yes because practicing these questions will help us with the questions on the actual ACT.
3. sometimes i put effort into answering these questions. get a variety of questions for us.
mason smeznik
1. By answering the question of the day every day, I feel like I am learning helpful tools to become a better test taker. The questions make me think things through and help me learn how to eliminate the bad answers more quickly.
ReplyDelete2. I feel that the questions will help me perform better on the actual ACT. Practice makes perfect, right?! The more opportunities I have to practice strategies that will help me do better on a standardized test, greatly improve my chances of doing well on the ACT.
3. I do give an honest effort with each question we do in class. However, many students in my class don’t even pay attention to the questions. They are too busy talking with one another to know what is going on. I agree with the other students’ comments about more class or individual participation. When a student is forced to explain why they chose the answer they did, it allows them to think the question through to come up with the best answer. It also allows others to understand how the student came up with that answer, and can give others ideas on how they could try to figure out questions in the future.
1. Yes seeing the qusetions and being able to discuss why the right answer is correct helps me to evaluate how to choose right answers on other questions.
ReplyDelete2. Yes because I will be able to take the reasoning that I've learned from class to the actual test. I also agree with thatonegirl practicing helps me calm my nerves so that when I walk into the actual test day I can be relatively calm and confident.
3. Yes. I also agree with ilovesports though that most people don't evaluate the question but go along with what a small number of people think, calling on some people after taking a poll will make us all think of why the answer we chose is right.
Thanks for the comments this week!
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