Jeff wrote:
>Every semester as we get near the end, I tell our students, "If you haven't been practicing, now would be a good time to start." It always gets a laugh, but some of it is the nervous laughter of the students who know I'm talking about them!
Why are the students allowed to get to the end of the term without having practiced? My students get a grade at each lesson, and the lack of practice shows up early on! We address that as needed and get things back on track. If anyone has slacked the entire term, there's no amount of practicing that can save the day, because all the grades are averaged together in the final grade.
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