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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am listening to my son in his AoPS class. His Teacher expects kids to write down their soultions and be ableto explain how they got the answer to the group. He is in Third Grade. [/quote]

I teach middle schoolers and higher grades AoPS classes and I specifically tell students to show work [i]when it makes sense.[/i] If in doubt, I tell them to show work to have a shot at partial credit. It's less about forcing students to show work, and more of: can I understand what they wrote down? Is it neat and organized? Or completely unintelligible? Many of our test problems are generally difficult, and it's up to the kids to choose how much time they spend showing work. Of course if they get incorrect answers, their hope of any partial credit hinges on the quality of what they've shown on paper.

In general, an ability to organize information is really important for younger elementary kids. While this can developed in math class, this can also be stressed a lot in writing classes as well, and it is equally great to be able to have an organized way of writing things down. In math class it's important for teachers to balance this with actual math content. Know each of your students and their capabilities to what they can do in their head vs what they can't and need to show their work.[/quote]

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