Oct 29

I've been grading the vocab tests for the chapter book and students are doing wonderfully! Unfortunately we've switched so many things around I can't sure at all that it's due to the book and the context. I like that we've had students highlight the words, and that we're both reading and listening to each chapter and answering questions in small groups. That may be reinforcing the vocabulary. One of the differences between the tests is that the new test is strictly multiple choice. The previous tests over the week's vocabulary were also multiple choice, but students copied down the words first, which were spoken by a teacher. They did not have the words written for them. Now I'm very curious about which one of these variables has made a difference in students' scores. Of course, it could also be that the students are more familiar with the vocab words from the text.