Adding skills to Spiral Review gradually helps ensure student success and eases frustration on the part of teachers as students. When too many skills are included in an assignment, it will take a longer time for students to change the colors of their squares and complete the assignment.
GMM Best Practice:
Assignments should have three or fewer skills with three points per skill.
Assignment designed for student success
Two new skills related to today's new instruction
Three points per skill
Teacher view
Student view of assignment designed for student success
Assignment that will cause frustration for teachers and students
More than three skills included
Points per skill is larger or small than three points
Teacher view of assignment that will cause frustration
Student view of assignment that will cause frustration
For the assignment above, the student must complete 108 problems correctly on the first try!