Posted on 27 June 2011 at 18:13h

Its raining again so I'm spending more time inside than I would like to be. Actually today I spent most of the time outside washing the walls of our house. I don't remember ever washing the walls of a house in Britain but in Norway we have wooden houses and its important to wash away the algae that accumulates on the paintwork. Anyway I apart from today I have been spending a lot of time indoors so I have decided to prepare a set of problems for my students to do. These are like paper 2 problems but without the steps. Last year I realised that some of my students simply didn't know how to go about solving problems so to rectify this I am writing two problems for each lesson. The idea is that students will try the problems after the lesson, each lesson I will have a quick look at all my students attempts then release some hints and solutions on the website.

My students weekly schedule will now look something like this

Lesson 1
Measurement

Homework
Review measurement
Try measurement problems

Lesson 2
Show attempt at problem
Short test on measurement
Vectors and scalars

Homework
Check solution to measurement problems
Review Vectors and scalars
Try vector problems

Lesson 3
Show attempt at problems 2
Practical 1

Homework
Write up practical 1 (hand in next practical class lesson 6)
Check solution to vectors problems

And so on............

Maybe this stricter routine will encourage my students to organise their work schedule. I don't really like having to check up on  my students to make sure that they have tried the problems but I think maybe it is necessary.