What strategies do you use to draw out prior knowledge, check understanding or ignite curiosity? by Nancy Squicciarini

Kath Murdoch: Socratic Questioning

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-06 16:04:33 UTC

Bloom: Sentence Starters I

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 04:00:15 UTC

Bloom: Sentence Starters II

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 04:03:15 UTC

DeBono's Thinking Hats in the Classroom

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 04:05:17 UTC

Question Matrix I

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 04:07:41 UTC

Ron Ritchhart's Understanding Map

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 04:13:05 UTC

Inquiry Based Classroom

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 07:09:26 UTC

2023-11-07 10:16:32 UTC

Putting pictures/sounds/objects on tables. Students go around and note down any questions or comments using post-its.

showing a picture: I see, I think, I wonder (in German class: Ich sehe, Ich denke, Ich frage mich)

2023-11-07 10:17:03 UTC

7 Ways to Get Retrieval Practice Right

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 10:17:36 UTC

individual whiteboards

2023-11-07 10:17:44 UTC

"what are your questions?" instead of "are there any questions"

2023-11-07 10:18:37 UTC

checking understanding: thumbs up

2023-11-07 10:21:09 UTC

More of a cooperative learning strategy that supports thinking

2023-11-07 10:23:00 UTC

Kagan Cooperative Learning :

classroom structure

2023-11-07 10:23:45 UTC

Changing the table formation can be very effective to change the energy in the room and allows for different groups and sharing of ideas

growth mindset environment

2023-11-07 10:24:43 UTC

create a safe environment where students are not afraid to ask questions, show where they don't understand etc

Extending the Silence: Wait Time

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 13:41:48 UTC

Dylan Wiliam on PPPB: Pose, Pause, Pounce, Bounce

nlsquicciarini — 2023-11-07 13:44:29 UTC

Phenomena

2023-11-07 16:14:15 UTC

I use scientific phenomena to drive student questions for each unit of science. We then continue with those questions and determine what investigations we can enage in to answer these questions. Students revisit their questions throughout the unit and determine what questions they can answer as the unit progresses. Some questions are outside of the scope of the standards and main science focus and so sometimes these questions are just researched and answered.

Provocations

2023-11-07 16:15:48 UTC

Before every unit, do an open ended activity to check prior knowledge. Seesaw activities to self-reflect using recording tool or have some key words and pictures for them to circle. Then sharing out loud to class.

2023-11-07 16:15:54 UTC

I use the strategy Think Pair and Share (For prior Knowledge)

JAM (Just a Minute) (To check the student understanding on the content.0

2023-11-07 16:19:33 UTC

Questioning at the beginning and the end of the lessons, starter task(at the beginning of the unit), group discussion followed by class discussion, reading articles and presenting main findings; practical activity - inquiry.

Ask questions to scaffold learning and keep discussions on track

2023-11-07 16:21:33 UTC

"What do you notice about..."

"What do these have in common?"