Students Responses Scores Miniexperiments

Student Points for Prompt #1 +1 Points for Prompt #2 +3 Ranking Prompt #2 2 Comments

Eugene

Shirley

+1

+2

Lydia

+1

+4

Eurgene elaborated a mathematical proof that is valid and solid as far the algorithmic skills it required but he failed to include all cases in his proof. He was able to set up two odd numbers but limited his proof to consecutive odd numbers. By only proving that consecutive odd numbers are always even he didnt provide an answer for any odd number. He failed to reason the possibility of having non-consecutive odd numbers. His proof is solid but incomplete. ( He has a missing link in his proof). Even though Shirley was able to provide an explicit answer with examples and proofed that the sum of any odd number is even, she failed to provide a general proof that could be applied to any case. Her lack of variables in her examples limited her answers. Lydia was able to provide the most complete answer for the task. She elaborated on her conclusion and use mathematical language to express her answer. Lydia used two different odd numbers, which could be consecutive or non-consecutive.