Week 12 Reflection

This week I attempted to change up my normal practices when it comes to preparing the students for their upcoming test. I gave them a review sheet, as I normally do, but instead of spending a class period going over the correct answers to the review I decided to play a review game. In the past I have used review games on power point, usually jeopardy, and this time I decided to try a new one, the "Password" game.

I thought my students would have fun with it, and some did. My first class of the day did really well with it so I thought that it was going to be a smooth day. The rest of the classes however did not respond so well. It was difficult to get them involved and it was hard to keep their attention. It seemed to me that they were not as comfortable with the material as they needed to be in order to participate in the game and give useful clues. It may have also been that some of the students do not like change. This was really one of the first lessons where I sat back and was disappointed with the outcome but I guess that happens sometimes. I just have to use this as a learning experience and adjust for the future.