Date: Mon Oct 14 08:38:00 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Answer(or question to Mentor): I think that the storm is 160 seconds away. I think that because I multiplied 32 times 5. I multiplied 32 times 5 because there is thirty two second pass between the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder. And if it takes 5 seconds to count till you hear the thunder then my answer would be 160 seconds away.
Date: Mon Oct 14 08:38:49 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Answer(or question to Mentor): I think that the storm is 160 seconds away. I think that because I multiplied 32 times 5. I multiplied 32 times 5 because there is thirty two second pass between the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder. And if it takes 5 seconds to count till you hear the thunder then my answer would be 160 seconds away.
P.S.- Hi Lilian!
Date: Thu Oct 17 18:33:56 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Mentor Reply: Hi Olivia, you are off to a great start. However, your answer is not correct. I would like to know why you multiplied 32 seconds times the 5 seconds. Please look over the problem again and consider answering your problem in miles. I am looking forward to reading your revision. Good Luck!
Lillian
Date: Fri Oct 18 08:23:46 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Answer(or question to Mentor): A. Per minute becuse if it was any of the others it wouldn't make sense. Do you know what I'm saying? Well anyway, i think it would be per minute because I would probably be bored if a lightning striked once a year.
Date: Fri Oct 18 08:33:06 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Answer(or question to Mentor): The answer to the challange question is 334,640 feet. I'm not sure if this is correct though. i changed my answer becuase i didn't like my other answer.... so bye
Date: Sat Oct 19 16:47:43 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Instructor Comments: Lillian,
Great job on striking a balance between writing something positive and also telling her that her answer is incorrect. It appears from her writing that she may not be interpreting her answer in terms of multiplication, so maybe you could help her out by saying something like, "when you multiply, you are finding out how many seconds there would be if you had 5 sets of 32 seconds. Is that what you mean?" I don't know if it will help, but let's try it!
Also, you obviously have to address her questions about the challenge problem.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Sat Oct 19 20:43:45 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Mentor Reply: Hi Olivia, you are off to a great start. However, your answer is not correct. When you multiply, you are finding out how many seconds there would be if you had 5 sets of 32 seconds. Is that what you mean? Please look over the problem again and consider answering your problem in miles. Your answer to the challenge problem is not correct. Could you explain how you got your answer of 334,640 feet? I am looking forward to reading your revision. Good Luck!
Lillian
Date: Wed Oct 23 08:45:04 PDT 2002
Student's Name: Olivia
Answer(or question to Mentor): Ok, I looked over the problem...and I found the answer. And I got 6.2 miles. I found this out because 5 goes into thirty two 6 times and it has two left over and so I found the answer. If it's not right i will be mad at myself. (Not Really) but anyway thats my answer. 6.2 miles!
P.S.- I hope it's right!!! :)
