Wrong Answer Analysis

Victoriano Elementary School
Moreno Valley, California
Aimee Garcia, Teacher
Chuck Holland, Principal

Slide 2 - School Facts
•	K5 Elementary plus Head Start and Preschool
•	506 kids—46% H, 30% AA, & 17% C, 7% A
•	In the suburbs of Moreno Valley, CA (175K) 
•	18 teachers—avg. < than 7 YTE—28:1 STR 
•	Academic Performance Index
•	The Turnaround 

Slide 3 - Wrong Answer Analysis—What It Is
•	Metacognitive
•	Time effective
•	Versatile
•	H.O.T.S. 
•	Problem solving with active engagement
•	A powerful test-taking strategy

Slide 4, 5, 6 - Wrong Answer Analysis—Why You Should Use It.
•	Breathes life into the dull and ineffective usual manner of going over the answers
•	Removes the ineffectiveness of worksheets
•	Provides instant informal assessment and identifies specific academic deficiencies
•	Allows for frontloading, review, and/or extension of strategies
•	Improves problem solving abilities

		A basketball court is shaped like a rectangle
 		20 meters long and 10 meters wide.

			
						 10 meters 
				
				 20 meters 
						
What is the perimeter in meters of the court?
 
A   30 meters			C   60 meters

B   50 meters			D   200 meters

Slide 6 - “The Process”
•	Confirm
•	Choose 
•	Create
•	Change 
•	Challenge

Slide 7 - Confirm The Right Answer and Defend Your Choice.

•	The correct answer is ‘C’ or 60 meters.
•	Rationale:  Perimeter is the total distance around the figure. In this case it is the sum of 2x the length (20 meters) and 2x the width (10 meters). So the perimeter is 60 meters.

Slide 8 - Choose a Wrong Answer and Explain Why a Student Might Have Chosen It.

•	Students may pick ‘A’, 30 meters, if they did not understand that perimeter is 2x the length and width. Students may have only added the two sides shown on the problem.
•	20 m. + 10 m. = 30 m.

Slide 9 - Create a New “Wrong” Answer and Explain Why a Student Might Choose It. 

•	Students may have picked 40 meters if they did not fully understand perimeter and only took into account the 20 meters length, the 10 meters width and then saw the 10 meters on top which was part of the question. 
•	20 m. + 10 m. + 10 m. = 40 m.

Slide 10 - Change Question Stem so a Wrong Answer Becomes Right.

•	A basketball court is shaped like a rectangle 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the area of the court?
•	The correct answer would be ‘D’,        20 m. X 10 m. = 200 m.

Slide 11 - Challenge Students by Formulating a Problem That Changes Form/Extends Standard.

•	Change the measurements and complete another problem.
•	Have students find perimeter of a square when only one side is given.
•	Find perimeter/area of another figure.

Slide 12 – Students in a classroom setting pictured.

Slide 13 - Summary Points
•	Key Learning's—
–	Turns Worksheets into Interactive Learning Tools
–	Metacognitive Nature Improves HOTS

•	Challenges Still Ahead—
–	Effective Implementation by All Teachers
–	Broader Implementation in Language Arts