Recording
Recording
Teachers and pupils talk about the ways in which records of problem solving activities are kept. Some pupils record all the problems attempted in special jotters, files or folders and are increasingly asked to show their complete working and the strategies they have used. Some teachers talk about the detailed records they keep and others describe the use of photographs and individual laminated whiteboards.
Teachers
Teachers describe how they record their pupils’ work in pupil files, in teachers’ records or in more innovative ways, such as using photographs. Many teachers increasingly encourage pupils to keep their own records of work where appropriate, in jotters, folders or on super solutions boards.
Pupils
It is becoming more common for pupils from the middle stages onwards to keep and maintain their own problem solving records in folders, jotters or files. Such records can also be used for self-assessment and self-evaluation purposes. They can be taken home, shown to parents and go with the pupil from stage to stage. You can see examples of these in this section.