To what extent does Mr. DeVenney display withitness at the ...

[charchew]

To what extent does Mr. DeVenney display withitness at the beginning of the case study?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How might you change the baseball game so that it doesn't have such a negative impact on some students?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[bulacsom]

Answer to Question 1

He shows little withitness at first. He is distracted by a note from the office, to the point where he doesn't hear the initial exchange between Zach and Connor.

Answer to Question 2

Following are examples of possible improvements:
 Have students go up to the board in pairs.
 Rather than going up to the board, let students work on the problems in small groups.
 Give runs for correct responses or effective strategies rather than for rapid performance. In some instances, this might mean awarding runs to both teams at once.