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Students keep struggling to pass a test. This test materials has been gone over multiple times. The students say they are listening but the test is to difficult to understand. What is the next step to help the students?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
A few things come to mind here-

You could ask a peer teacher to review the test to ensure it's understandable to someone other than you.
You could administer the test one-on-one to one of you top students and perhaps to one student who struggles and talk through the questions to see where the confusion is coming into play.
You can try to present the material in a manner easier to understand- for example, when I had a math teacher introduce us to SOHCAHTOA, I thought it was a Native American princess. But It was the acronym for sine=opposite over hypotenuse, cosine=adjacent over hypotenuse, tangent=opposite over adjacent. I have never forgotten that all these years later. Perhaps you can come up with something like that for the material you're teaching.
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I found this solution helpful and like the part about having someone review the test because you might just be blind to it because you know all the answers since you made the test.
Rated On: October 16, 2020 3:07 am
Rated By: RyWaPy
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I think that this is one way to go about it. Getting other opinions on your test can really help to determine the difficulty level.
Rated On: October 18, 2020 5:55 pm
Rated By: Mutyre
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: you offered some really helpful suggestions here!
Rated On: March 7, 2021 11:11 pm
Rated By: QaRepe
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I agree that it would be very beneficial to get ideas and opinions from your peers.
Rated On: October 16, 2022 9:43 pm
Rated By: eZuZuv
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: Great recommendation!
Rated On: November 12, 2022 10:06 pm
Rated By: Adrianna Gill