Teacher discusses planning strategies for getting homework done and studying for tests. Students learn how math tests are different from other types of tests. Students learn strategies for taking math tests. Teacher talks with individual students on test preparation and test taking. Condensing and summarizing.
Students learn how to take notes from textbook.
Teacher encourages students to make note cards on important vocabulary, properties, and procedures and on difficult homework problems and common errors. Techniques for organizing knowledge. Students learn the difference between definitions, properties, and procedures. Teacher talks with individual students on how the student might best organize and think about mathematical knowledge in relationship to that student s own background. Familiarity with different learning strategies.