Reviews for Tests ....

Dear High School Math, Physics, and Chemistry Teachers ....

Do you want your students to be successful? Do you want your students to pass tests?? Do you also want to put the burden of really learning the material back on the student's shoulders??

Well then .... here is my advice ....

GIVE THEM THE ANSWERS TO THE REVIEW WHEN YOU GIVE THEM THE REVIEW!!!

What good is working on a review the night before a Test if they can't verify that their answers are right?

I know many of you give Extra Credit for doing the Review .... fine ... go ahead and do that if you must .... just ask them to SHOW THEIR WORK in order to get Extra Credit. But honestly, if they have the answers to the Review ... and they DO the Review and they check their answers to be sure they are doing things right .... they will do BETTER on the Tests!! And they won't need your extra credit. Also .... if they check their answers as they work and they AREN'T getting the right answers, they should know that they need help. They can then get help from a parent or a friend or a tutor or YOU the next morning. If they choose not to get help, then they choose to fail.

I do know that some of you post the answers to the Review outside your door the morning of the Test. I have seen the crowds of students gathered around the one set of answers trying to verify their Reviews. That tells me that the students care. They want to be successful. But what if their answers are wrong? Are they going to have time to get help before the Test later that day?

Please give your students the tools they need to be successful. When you give them the Review .... Give them the answers, too.

Thanks!