Date: Mon Oct 14 08:34:11 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jordan
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear Gretchen,
Lighting is about 6 2/5 miles away. You would divide five into 32 because every five seconds is a mile. She counted to thirty-two so there for you would divide five in to thirty-two and it goes in six times. Six times five is thirty. That leaves two left over so you would make that a fraction equaling two fifths. So your answer would be
6 and 2/5. So I thing the answer is 6 2/5.
~Jordan~
Date: Mon Oct 14 08:46:20 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jordan
Answer(or question to Mentor): Dear Gretchen,
Well, I am trying to figure out the Challenge Questions. There are a few things I need to know before I can find the answer. I need to know how many feet in a mile. I think it is 5,280. I am not sure though. I was also wandering if there is a way to remember how many feet are in a mile. Talk to you later!
~Jordan~
Date: Thu Oct 17 19:28:49 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jordan
Mentor Reply: Jordan. ,br>
Great job! You did the problem very well. There are 5280 feet in a mile, good job knowing it. I don’t really know an easy way to remember it. Keep working on the challenge problem. Good work Jordan.
Gretchen
Date: Fri Oct 18 08:35:19 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jordan
Answer(or question to Mentor): Gretchen,
Hey! 334,640 feet is the answer to the first challenge question. I am not sure if this is correct. What I though would be the way to get the answer would be multiply 6 & ½ bye 5,280. I did that because 6 & ½ was how many miles times how many feet. If that isn’t the answer I thought it might be close! Thank you!
~Jordan~
Date: Fri Oct 18 16:30:12 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jordan
Instructor Comments:
Gretchen,
Good response, although I would be more direct in both your assessment of the solution and also of her explanation. You could say "Congratulations! You answered the original question correctly, and your explanation was very clear. Thanks for explaining your thinking in a way that would help others understand."
Dr. Bowers
Date: Sun Oct 20 23:24:31 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Jordan
Mentor Reply: Jordan.
Congratulations! You answered the original question correctly, and your explanation was very clear. Thanks for explaining your thinking in a way that would help others understand. You did the problem very well. There are 5280 feet in a mile, good job knowing it. I don’t really know an easy way to remember it. Keep working on the challenge problem. Good work Jordan.
Gretchen
