https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr Use the questions on screen to guide your discussion (scroll to right for more groups). en-us 2017-09-19 05:43:25 UTC 2023-06-11 20:21:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189198968 2017-09-20 07:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189198968 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199210 2017-09-20 07:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199210 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199258 Elaine
Pathma
Pauline
Hui Ching
Shojia
Shahul]]> 2017-09-20 07:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199258 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199345 Yoz Sci! ]]> 2017-09-20 07:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199345 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199570 2017-09-20 07:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199570 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199609 Mr Tay
Tong Hai
Mr hum
Jeremiah
Wei Ling
Chia Ying 
Hanani]]> 2017-09-20 07:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199609 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199711 1) Balance between teachers and students 
2) Yes, students were actively participating
3) Yes, questions were open-ended and prompted different responses
e.g. Why are people coming late to school?
4) A: I sleep late thus I cannot wake up early
T: Why don't you sleep early?
A: Sleep during the day 
T: Why do you do that?
A: Very tired after school

Teacher probes and requires student to elaborate on answer.
5) Teacher asks for other students' comment based on what Student A said.
E.g. What do you suggest for student A to come early for school? 
(to student C) Do you think her suggestion work?


]]> 2017-09-20 07:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199711 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199811 2017-09-20 07:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199811 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199919 Kai Yueh
Eunice
William 
Eric
Patrick]]> 2017-09-20 07:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189199919 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200008 Teachers]]> 2017-09-20 07:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200008 toh_jiahe https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200076 1) Who did most of the talking?
Most of the time, teachers do most of the talking. Especially since this is the exam period. In the process of probing we also tend to talk more because of that. Students tend to be reluctant to share, and at times it is more productive for them to write rather than talking.

"Talk is cheap! When they write, they have to put in effort, and it tends to have more substance than some of what they say." - unnamed year-head, 2017

]]> 2017-09-20 07:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200076 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200120 1. Who talk most?
Still the teacher. But the amount of time students spent responding has increased.

]]> 2017-09-20 07:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200120 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200193 Teachers are doing most of the talking]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200193 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200198 Not all, the usual 'vocal' ones.
Unless there were directed questions to specific students.]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200198 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200246 For discussion questions (for example a open ended question like what is the impact of climate change) there were different responses.

Some of the students provided different responses when the students were not sure of the topic.]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200246 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200273 (2) Not all students are willing to contribute as they are not confident in solving their questions
(3) Yes. Example: How does coordinates look to you? 
(4)  Yes, When we do not understand what the student is asking.
(5) Yes, Example: Do you agree ....]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200273 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200287 We did build up on the students' responses, but we had to bring them back to the objective of the topic.]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200287 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200324 There was and there will be...for example, when the question was on impact of climate change, one students answer can be used to build up on anothers' points. ]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200324 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200326 Q1. Students did 60% of the talking. (Antony)

Q2. No. Students are afraid to give the wrong answer. Mental model is that teachers looking for the right and only answer. Teenagers want to look good and not to show their ignorance. Students who are good do not want to be deemed by others as nerds. 

Q3. What are the factors affecting Pressure? [Rita]
What does the proton number tells us. [A]
What is the difference between distance and displacement. [KP]
What is vacuum and how is vacuum created. [CM]
What are the parts of the ear [SSY]

Q4. What is meant by Area? Is it surface area or contact area? [Rita]
Q5. 

Were ]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200326 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200339 2. Students were willing to contribute, however, there might be a few students who are especially keen to answer.
3. Questions were asked to elicit student responses, and from there check for understanding.
4. Yes. 
5. Not frequent. We might ask students for possible improvement/enhancement or if they agree/disagree with the answer given. Sometimes used in situations when the student cannot understand the teacher repeatedly, and invite another student to explain to the student instead.]]> 2017-09-20 07:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200339 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200440 Students willingly contributed but they had to be given more time for thinking

]]> 2017-09-20 07:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200440 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200472 We find that the teachers ]]> 2017-09-20 07:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200472 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200561 2017-09-20 07:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200561 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200574 Teacher might talk more at the start, but more students start to speak up and feel interested to participate in the discuss as the lesson progresses. ]]> 2017-09-20 07:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200574 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200711 This depends on class profile. Some students are more comfortable about being passive learners. ]]> 2017-09-20 07:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200711 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200829 Yes, we tried to use open ended questions instead of Yes/No-response question. 
Nonetheless, we needed to use a lot of guiding (re-voice, restate) questions in the discussion of the open-ended questions to keep students on track. ]]> 2017-09-20 07:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200829 toh_jiahe https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200899 Lower sec tends to be more willing to share and contribute, but not so much for the upper sec. Even then, there will still be some who are reluctant and reserved. In some situations, this could be a result of the teasing and laughing that may occur during the sharing.

Sometimes, the ones who are most willing to share are the more talkative ones, who sometimes share irrelevant things. ]]> 2017-09-20 07:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189200899 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201105 2017-09-20 07:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201105 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201328 1. Who did most of the of the talking? 
50/50 

2. Were the students willing to contribute? 
Yes! They were not shy to contribute.

3. Was there prompt question? 
Yes there were. Short prompt questions. 

4. Were there built up questions? 
Yes, however questions were very board and short-structured. 

5. Did the teacher build up on one another's contribution? 
Yes, teacher consolidated and elaborated on their responses.  ]]> 2017-09-20 07:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201328 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201372 Seldom did we do it for this set of questions. Our intend was instruction and not divergent thinking.]]> 2017-09-20 07:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201372 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201466 2017-09-20 07:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201466 toh_jiahe https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201480 Yes.]]> 2017-09-20 07:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201480 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201495 When a student answers on his approach (stress management), the teacher checked with another student if the approach works.

There was active dialogue between teacher and students. Teacher made use of words such as "Why do you say", " Can you tell me more", "So you feel that...Is it right?"]]> 2017-09-20 07:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201495 toh_jiahe https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201545 Yes; by the nature of SS and History, we tend to automatically do this. However, we realize that while we do this by default, our choice of words does affect the responses that we can get.]]> 2017-09-20 07:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201545 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201716 Yes, We did. ]]> 2017-09-20 07:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189201716 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189202179 We realised that when students understand the content vocab well, students are able to answer in proper sentences after that. 

Lesson objective is same for 2 classes, but outcome is different. 

The art teachers like to ask "why do you say that" and ]]> 2017-09-20 07:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189202179 https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189202485 2017-09-20 07:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sgss2017/t576ds48r2gr/wish/189202485