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What are dynamic worksheets?
Problem: How to make learning a vocabulary list easier for students?
Solution: Dynamic worksheets
Suppose there is a list of a dozen or so words and their definitions that a child has to memorize. For that child to have to learn all of those words at one time can be very tedious, and that tedium creates an unpleasant association with learning.
For that reason I created what I call "dynamic worksheets". (It's possible that someone else may have had the same idea and called them by a different name. I make no claims regarding originality or priority.)
The way they work is that the first time that a child sees a dynamic worksheet, only the first four words and their definitions will be included.
If the child correctly fills out the worksheet, the next time that the child does the worksheet (as long as the child is logged in both times), the child will be shown five items.
Each time that the child correctly fills out the worksheet, the next time the child will see one more item until all of the items in the worksheet have been included.
If a child gets one wrong, then the child will get the same number of items again, but probably in a different order, until the child gets them all correct one time.
In the list of worksheets, the name of each dynamic worksheet ends with (d).
Only one of the math worksheets is dynamic, and that deals with principles of math. Most of the other matching worksheets have a dynamic version.
Problem: How to make learning a vocabulary list easier for students?
Solution: Dynamic worksheets
Suppose there is a list of a dozen or so words and their definitions that a child has to memorize. For that child to have to learn all of those words at one time can be very tedious, and that tedium creates an unpleasant association with learning.
For that reason I created what I call "dynamic worksheets". (It's possible that someone else may have had the same idea and called them by a different name. I make no claims regarding originality or priority.)
The way they work is that the first time that a child sees a dynamic worksheet, only the first four words and their definitions will be included.
If the child correctly fills out the worksheet, the next time that the child does the worksheet (as long as the child is logged in both times), the child will be shown five items.
Each time that the child correctly fills out the worksheet, the next time the child will see one more item until all of the items in the worksheet have been included.
If a child gets one wrong, then the child will get the same number of items again, but probably in a different order, until the child gets them all correct one time.
In the list of worksheets, the name of each dynamic worksheet ends with (d).
Only one of the math worksheets is dynamic, and that deals with principles of math. Most of the other matching worksheets have a dynamic version.
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