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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach middle school math, and I love the effect of retakes.  Students actually care about their grades now.  Before retakes, a kid would fail a test, trash it, and walk out of the room and forget about it.

Now, they fail the test, and immediately ask what they did wrong, if they can have extra practice on the topic, and what I suggest they do to prepare for the retake.  My after school sessions are packed with kids trying to solidify their learning.  It's not free points--they have to do a remediation assignment, and retake a second version of a full length test after school.  They are learning.  My end of year state scores are higher than before, study habits are improving, and kids are more engaged.[/quote]

My math teachers would always offer a certain number of lunch periods per week for extra help. I would show up frequently because I didn't totally understand a concept. This was prior to the test though. Why aren't students realizing they don't understand something and doing something about it then? How do this work in college when they are no retakes? Aren't students just being conditioned to not study and prepare ahead of time?[/quote]

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