February 27, 2010

Date: February 27, 2010
Hours Tutored: .75
Grade Level: 5
Age: 9/10
Gender: M/F

The goal of the session was to continue teaching/reinforcing quick recall of multiplication tables using the Oral Math Facts Program. P showed fast recall, but tended to skip problems and read the problems as random numbers instead of what they actually said. She was more interested in the program after I told her I was timing her. N didn't have very fast recall, but he almost never got a problem wrong. He took longer than P to finish each section and had to redo sections more than P. To help the students learn, verbal correction of incorrect problems and repetition were both used. Both students said that having to say the problem slowed them down, and N in particular took longer (sometimes 3x as long) to complete a section if he had to say the problem. After asking both students, they both said that the classroom environment was distracting and that they would prefer to work outside with less movement and noise to distract them. None of the aspects of multiculturalism were particularly relevant to this tutoring session.