REVISIONS Students will be receiving their first graded test, and this will be the first chance for revisions. Revisions allow a student to correct misconceptions (wrong answers) that were evident on their tests. This is an awesome opportunity to improve mathematical thinking skills and grades!
Revisions do, however, require a great deal of work to be done correctly. Quite often, students think that simply stating a new answer is a revision. That is never the case. Students must follow the steps laid out in the rubric below.
Revisions Rubric
This is your opportunity to revise all math assessments and improve your knowledge. You must attach your original assessment and follow all of these directions to receive credit.
___ Use a clean sheet of notebook paper with your proper heading.
___ Write the number of the problem you are revising.
___ Skip lines in between questions.
___ Explain (in complete sentences) why your original answer was not correct (explain your misconceptions).
___ Show new work and label your final answer.
As an example from out first test, question number 3 reads:
3. This number is between 6,000 and 8,050. You say this number if you start at 6,000 and count by 25s. This number is a multiple of 500. What is the number?
a. 625 c. 7,500
b. 8,025 d. 7,025
Many students are tempted to revise by stating that they chose “d”, which was “wrong”, and that they should have chosen “c”. This “revision” shows no evidence of understanding the error that was made.
A student would clearly need to indicate a much better understanding. Perhaps, they might state, “I chose d or 7,025 because it is a number that you would say if you skip count by 25s starting at 6,000, but it is wrong, because it is not a multiple of 500. The only number that is a multiple of 500 and found between 6,000 and 8,050 is 7,500 or answer c. You would also say this number if you count by 25s starting at 6,000 ”
Clearly, revising takes work! However, it is worth it, and it is required of all students (unless they scored a 100%).
