What are some guidelines on erasing students' work such as on a chalkboard/whiteboard in a classroom or on paper in a private tutorial class?
Usually this is for the parts of maths that involves drawing or geometry rather than algebra I guess
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Sign up to join this communityWhat are some guidelines on erasing students' work such as on a chalkboard/whiteboard in a classroom or on paper in a private tutorial class?
Usually this is for the parts of maths that involves drawing or geometry rather than algebra I guess
To answer your actual question about guidelines, I would say this. There aren't really any "official" guidelines that I'm aware of. Institutions may have their own policies regarding this, although to me that would be borderline micromanagement if they did. I've never been affiliated with such a place as far as I know, so I've always just gone by this:
If it isn't graded work, there's no harm in erasing anything as long as you aren't interfering with their note-taking or learning process in general. And preferably don't make them feel stupid in the process.
If it's graded work that they did then erasing it (or modifying it at all aside from corrections that are clearly part of grading) is a big no-no.
With that aside, I really wonder, why erase it for them? On a board I can understand if the student has already returned to their seat but I don't see why they can't erase their own work if it's a private tutorial. Having them correct their own work could be a better learning experience. Another option is to leave what they did alone, and then draw a correct version so the student can compare and see what was incorrect about their attempt.