Potential uses of “Sample Student Work”
During the refinement of the lessons we have gradually become more aware that the purpose of sharing student approaches needs to be made explicit. By combining purposes inappropriately, we can undermine their effect. For example, if a sample approach is full of errors, the student may become so absorbed in working through the sample work that they fail to make comparisons between different pieces of work.
The following list describes some of the reasons we have designed sample student work: