Robert, a ninth-grader, has just been told, "The reason you’re having so much trouble with division is that you have never maste
red compound multiplication. The Math Basic Skills Tests have indicated this quite clearly. We are going to provide you with instruction in multiplication immediately." Robert’s teacher made what kind of decision relative to his skill level?
The teacher made a diagnostic decision relative to Roberts skill level. Before she made this decision, she first started with the process of evaluation to know his strength and also establish his weakness. With the knowledge she has gotten she now plans to him with meaningful learning and an efficient curriculum that would help him in mastering multiplication first before division.
