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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With this new information, I'd want to know a little more before I'd complain. Or, at least approach the teacher in the spirit of inquiry. How much do quizzes really count? In any math class my kid had in school, you'd have to have low failing quiz average to move the needle from a low A to a C. You said the tests are really rapid, but are the quizzes? Or is there actually time to be collaborative. With high stakes, rapid assessment, this partner scheme makes no sense, but if it's actually set up to encourage collaboration and learning with lower stakes on the final grade, it sounds like it could be a positive. It's also really normal for difficultly in math to ramp up around this time. Make sure this isn't what's going on and your kid needs an excuse![/quote]

OP here - thanks for this. According to my kid and his friend, there is not time on the quizzes to collaborate. Currently my kid's entire grade is made up by 2 quizzes, which is what made me ask the questions that led me to understand this entire partner quiz situation.

This was not part of your question but for additional context, the teacher does not grade the quiz that is not counted towards a grade. So this partner quiz situation also cuts the teachers grading in half. I obviously do not know if that is a motivating factor for the teacher.[/quote]

He doesn’t count the quizzes so I don’t get the problem.   [/quote]

The quizzes do count towards grades (in total they are approx 15-20% of the grade). for a partner quiz, the teacher pairs students A and B. They each take a different quiz and are allowed to collaborate (but there is typically not time for that), The teacher then only grades one of the two quizzes (for example only student A's quiz is graded) and both students are assigned student A's grade on the quiz.  [/quote]

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