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| Let's be Franco |
Have you ever felt like you are trying to be in 22 (or more) places at once when you are teaching math? I walk around the room with my thoughts interrupted every 5 seconds with, "Mrs. Franco, is this right?" This year, I started to search for a solution and I found it with Google Forms!
Here is how it works-
1. I create a Google Form by opening my Google drive and clicking "New" then "Google Forms"
2. I type in the title and the name of the problem solving lesson that I am working on.
3. The first question I add is "Name" and make it a required question.
4. The next question, I will start to type in my first problem. There are a few steps here that you will repeat for every question that you create.
- Type in the question or upload a picture with the question on it!
- Make it a short answer question using the list on the side.This is what your screen would look like at this point.
- Make the question a "Required Question" at the bottom right of the question's box.
- Use the 3 dots that are on top of each other next to the "Required Question" and click "Response Validation.
- After that, I click "text" instead of "number" and then I put my answer in the"text" space. In the "custom error text," I type "try again!" and it should look something like this...
- You can make a new question and repeat the steps!
After you finish typing in all the questions you want the students to answer, you can press, "Send" and then click the "link" option. I copy the link and paste into my Google Classroom.
The benefits of using Google Forms for problem solving lessons are:
- The students are independently checking their problem solving by typing in the correct answer.
- The teacher is free to help those students that have tried multiple times to answer a question and needs a little assistance.
Although, I admit it is a little more prep work, it makes problem solving lessons very easy to manage! Also, the students are excited to use a computer to check their answers!
