Nobody wants to recieve a speeding ticket! However, if someone has recieved a speeding ticket it is likely the fine and/or points will act as a future deterrent to help the driver learn from their motoring mistake!
I have introduced speeding tickets into my classroom…
The resource is very self explanatory. However, I wanted to write about how it can be used and the impact it can have.
We will all have students who rush their work! These students can vary from those who are so keen to please the teacher or progress to the extension task to others who finish early because they may just want to get it over and done with!
There are several issues with rushing work:
Presentation can become poor or even difficult to read when written too quickly, this is an issue I noticed as a GCSE examiner where it is clear students are up against it in regards to timing! When rushing it is more likely the students will make mistakes and possibly mistakes that they shouldn’t be making, for example misspelling words they do know how to spell but have been writing so quickly there has been a lack of concentration.
Completing work too fast will often mean that the content and quality suffers as answers can lack detailed explanation. Rushing can also show a distinct lack of effort. The growth mindset ideology tells us that through having the right mindset, focus and determination students can achieve fantastic results! So taking time, care and effort links in with having a growth mindset.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. If you’ve been inspired by any of these ideas I’d love to hear from you to find out how you’ve taken them / adapted or remixed them and used them in your classroom. Please feel free to follow my blog and leave comments below or why not just drop me a message on Twitter.
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