Mathnasium Training Exam
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, Gives students space to develop without
instructor, Students hear multiple instructor voices, Instructors are productive and
precise, Vibrant safe space
Mathnasium is all about - CORRECT ANSWER-custom and personalized learning, One
on one instruction, Independent students
Routine - CORRECT ANSWER-Students program is in their binder, Students pull binder
off shelf, Scan in, Pick up where left off, Work on workout plan
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
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 (prescriptives) - 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
How to rotate and read the floor - CORRECT ANSWER-Look around see if students
have lost focus/talking/staring into space/asking for help/stuck on one page for a long
time, Use peripheral vision to see if students are raising their hands while engaged with
a student
How to appropriately engage students - CORRECT ANSWER-See how they're doing,
Be inviting and non threatening, Students will be self conscious to ease them in, See
what they know to adjust your vocabulary, Scaffolding by working on easier stuff to work
on what they have an issue with
How to disengage and communicate - CORRECT ANSWER-Once they have it figured
out, let them try it on their own and help someone else, Always leave them with a task
Checking out - CORRECT ANSWER-Check workout plan goals and see if they've been
accomplished, Make a note on issues if necessary
Instruction Teams - CORRECT ANSWER-Separate areas or student needs, Higher
level students may be sat separately from lower level, Ratio should not exceed 4:1
students to instructor
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, Gives students space to develop without
instructor, Students hear multiple instructor voices, Instructors are productive and
precise, Vibrant safe space
Mathnasium is all about - CORRECT ANSWER-custom and personalized learning, One
on one instruction, Independent students
Routine - CORRECT ANSWER-Students program is in their binder, Students pull binder
off shelf, Scan in, Pick up where left off, Work on workout plan
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
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 (prescriptives) - 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
How to rotate and read the floor - CORRECT ANSWER-Look around see if students
have lost focus/talking/staring into space/asking for help/stuck on one page for a long
time, Use peripheral vision to see if students are raising their hands while engaged with
a student
How to appropriately engage students - CORRECT ANSWER-See how they're doing,
Be inviting and non threatening, Students will be self conscious to ease them in, See
what they know to adjust your vocabulary, Scaffolding by working on easier stuff to work
on what they have an issue with
How to disengage and communicate - CORRECT ANSWER-Once they have it figured
out, let them try it on their own and help someone else, Always leave them with a task
Checking out - CORRECT ANSWER-Check workout plan goals and see if they've been
accomplished, Make a note on issues if necessary
Instruction Teams - CORRECT ANSWER-Separate areas or student needs, Higher
level students may be sat separately from lower level, Ratio should not exceed 4:1
students to instructor
