Mathnasium Training Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions And CORRECT
Answers
Individual instruction in a group environment - CORRECT ANSWER - many classes of
one
Team teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - instructors rotate on the floor, helping students in
strategic moments, students benefit from multiple instructors
Each instructor helps students individually - CORRECT ANSWER -
10 rules of engagement - CORRECT ANSWER - Use mathnasium teaching constructs, try
a new explanation if it isn't working, fall back on old knowledge when a student is struggling and
expand knowledge with student is succeeding, praise and criticize constructively when
appropriate, socratic vs direct teaching, use mathnasium vocabulary, use tools for visual learning,
use metacognition, use mental math, master team teaching
Half and half model - CORRECT ANSWER - half HW, half mathnasium activity
Mathnasium model - CORRECT ANSWER - warmup, warm down, mathnasium activities,
HW
Guidelines for instruction delivery - CORRECT ANSWER - Sit across from students,
Supporting and encouraging voice, Be concise
GENE Teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - help a student for a while, allow them to be
independent, help someone else, then come back
The Student Binder - CORRECT ANSWER - Contains material from student learning
plan, assembled from assessment results
, Sections 1-5 of binder - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessments and progress info,
Prescriptives in works (grade specific), A+ splits active packs and new packs, Workout books in
works (development dependent, simple and helps with mathematical thinking), Corrected
prescriptives, Corrected workout books
PKs (spersciptives) - CORRECT ANSWER - designed like typical math practice pages
with increasing difficulty ranging in length (2-22 pgs) (Don't tell them the PK level)
Instructional pages - CORRECT ANSWER - help instructors refresh on techniques
Mastery check - CORRECT ANSWER - mini-assessment, should be done independently
Focus Ons (FOs) - CORRECT ANSWER - extra practice, not grade related, general topics,
adds depth, advanced students, code at bottom right of each page
Workout Books (WOBs) - CORRECT ANSWER - based on student number sense
evaluation, part of NSD series and Intervention series
Student incentive - CORRECT ANSWER - star punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow
4, grey 5
Team roles - CORRECT ANSWER - TT works best when the team is coordinated to
support students
Rules of team teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - Assign team roles, Rotate and read the
floor, Engage students appropriately, Interact with students effectively, Disengage and
communicate, Communication and accountability for student progress
Understand team roles/accountability/communication - CORRECT ANSWER -
ACTUAL Exam Questions And CORRECT
Answers
Individual instruction in a group environment - CORRECT ANSWER - many classes of
one
Team teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - instructors rotate on the floor, helping students in
strategic moments, students benefit from multiple instructors
Each instructor helps students individually - CORRECT ANSWER -
10 rules of engagement - CORRECT ANSWER - Use mathnasium teaching constructs, try
a new explanation if it isn't working, fall back on old knowledge when a student is struggling and
expand knowledge with student is succeeding, praise and criticize constructively when
appropriate, socratic vs direct teaching, use mathnasium vocabulary, use tools for visual learning,
use metacognition, use mental math, master team teaching
Half and half model - CORRECT ANSWER - half HW, half mathnasium activity
Mathnasium model - CORRECT ANSWER - warmup, warm down, mathnasium activities,
HW
Guidelines for instruction delivery - CORRECT ANSWER - Sit across from students,
Supporting and encouraging voice, Be concise
GENE Teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - help a student for a while, allow them to be
independent, help someone else, then come back
The Student Binder - CORRECT ANSWER - Contains material from student learning
plan, assembled from assessment results
, Sections 1-5 of binder - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessments and progress info,
Prescriptives in works (grade specific), A+ splits active packs and new packs, Workout books in
works (development dependent, simple and helps with mathematical thinking), Corrected
prescriptives, Corrected workout books
PKs (spersciptives) - CORRECT ANSWER - designed like typical math practice pages
with increasing difficulty ranging in length (2-22 pgs) (Don't tell them the PK level)
Instructional pages - CORRECT ANSWER - help instructors refresh on techniques
Mastery check - CORRECT ANSWER - mini-assessment, should be done independently
Focus Ons (FOs) - CORRECT ANSWER - extra practice, not grade related, general topics,
adds depth, advanced students, code at bottom right of each page
Workout Books (WOBs) - CORRECT ANSWER - based on student number sense
evaluation, part of NSD series and Intervention series
Student incentive - CORRECT ANSWER - star punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow
4, grey 5
Team roles - CORRECT ANSWER - TT works best when the team is coordinated to
support students
Rules of team teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - Assign team roles, Rotate and read the
floor, Engage students appropriately, Interact with students effectively, Disengage and
communicate, Communication and accountability for student progress
Understand team roles/accountability/communication - CORRECT ANSWER -
