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 * Teacher Observation Case Studies - Case Study 3**

Ms. LaRue is a tenth grade Math teacher in a high school with approximately 1,000 students. She is an experienced teacher. His class has 36 students. The school has two computer labs as well as two mobile laptop carts and several Smartboards. Students are currently taking a technology class but Ms LaRue does not know what they are doing there. Ms. LaRue’s class performed adequately on NYS exams last year.

As you enter the class, you take note of how the room has been organized. The desks are arranged in groups of various sizes somewhat haphazardly. One small bulletin board, designated for Ms. LaRue has some student tests displayed on it.

The class settles down after a few minutes and does a math problem as a Do Now that Ms. LaRue has displayed using the Smartboard. After reviewing the problem, Ms. LaRue uses a PowerPoint presentation to explain quadratic equations. As she asks questions, several different students volunteer responses and most of the others take notes in their notebooks. For the most part, students appear engaged in this part of the lesson.

The students are then given a review packet for the approaching standardized exams and they work individually on problems. Ms. LaRue circulates and assists students as they work. As the bell rings, Ms. LaRue explains the homework that evening is for students to complete problems in chapter 3 in the textbook.

//How would you advise Ms. LaRue?//