How they felt about this...

October 6^th, 2008

As a follow up activity to asking an open and closed ended tasks, I had my kids to reflect on the two problems I posed regarding comparing fractions and had them to explain which of the two they liked the most and which one they thought showed their thinking more. Most, 8 out of 10, said they preferred the first, open ended question as they could show me their thinking better and they understood it better. I thought this was interesting.