Chemistry TTT: Encouraging Participants toward Challenges by Laura Mcdonald https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys What ideas do you have for encouraging teacher participants to "up the ante" and increase the rigor in their classrooms? en-us 2022-01-31 23:42:01 UTC 2025-12-17 21:21:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Modeling the lesson for the teachers and discussing the scaffolding they can do along the way. lisacumming https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022454772 2022-02-01 00:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022454772 Encouraging Participants -- ask teachers to put on their "student hats" and then model the thinking and presentation of some of the more challenging questions by asking lots of questions. https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022455192 2022-02-01 00:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022455192 Up the ante selenereyes3 https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022455307 Find an interesting topic within the subject that requires deeper thinking.  A capstone question that requires students to do more than just solve for the right answer. 

]]> 2022-02-01 00:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022455307 Discuss with the teachers the idea of questioning strategies that create an ongoing dialog in the class. lisacumming https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022455928 2022-02-01 00:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022455928 Encourage the teachers to stretch their students' thinking often. Though this is not always comfortable, the more we can encourage higher-level type questions and thinking the more success the students will have in future courses. https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022456242 2022-02-01 00:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022456242 Encouragement NMSITTT https://padlet.com/lauramcdonald/8w08zyo1238stiys/wish/2022457185 Indicate that as some students catch on to the extra rigor know that they may become "student tutors" freeing the teacher up at times.

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