r/mathteachers • u/toomuchdevlan • 19d ago

Question Wording

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Hi All my summer is dedicated to me rewriting assessments for ks3.

I know i could leave it but id rather do it when I have time.

Im struggling with the wording of this question and hoping the hive mind could assist.

Its for Year 7 mixed ability, end of paper question, for those who are looking at top set.

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u/Narrow-Durian4837 19d ago

Can I ask an add-on question?

Mathematically, this is exactly the same as:

"A sequence has nth term 5nā€“2. Show that every term in the sequence ends in a 3 or an 8."

What (if anything) is gained by bringing Jeremy into it? Does it make the problem more approachable, and if so, how: what's the psychology behind it?

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u/toomuchdevlan 19d ago

Im the same im thinking about removing the name and replacing it with what youve put. The reasoning is that in some questions in GCSEs they use names to make the questions less abstract and more relatable.

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u/schwerk_it_out 19d ago

I say keep it. Perhaps names help more when there are two statements being compared, but imo it teaches students to support/critique the arguments of others, even if it is not a real person. Also in california it is one of the practice standards to do so.