
Due to the vast variety of ages in my classroom, I find that my biggest challenge is helping my older students understand the reasoning and the logic about the order in which quizzes and tests are presented. I find that my students complain because they want tests and quizzes to be in the exact order or with the exact terminology in which they read them from their text books. The majority of the time I find myself having to explain the tests questions to them and for the most part students know the answers as long as I take the time to explain it to them. What I find is that these older students do not want to fail and therefore their fears kick in when a test is presented. Has anyone else had this problem? I would like to hear your suggestions.