As we discussed in our staff meeting, it’s important that students receive an opportunity to reflect and correct their misconceptions. I think this article does a great job explaining the importance. It states,
“Most people would agree that we learn a lot from our mistakes. In the same vein, teachers can learn a great deal from their students’ mistakes, or more precisely, their students’ misconceptions as they are learning a particular topic. Misconceptions are a normal part of learning and are not something to be avoided with the hope that students will eventually adopt the correct ideas naturally once they are exposed to them through typical forms of classroom instruction. Students come to school with a wide variety of ideas and non-scientific beliefs based on their everyday experiences in the world, which affect the way they make sense of and interpret the concepts that their teachers present to them.”
This week for collaborative admin observations, our focus will be on students’ explaining their thinking pertaining to their misconceptions or errors during workshop. This can be done through teacher questioning similar to below.
- “I noticed that you (selected B for your answer) OR (wrote that as your answer for your constructed response). Can you go back into the text to show me where you found that to be the answer?”
- “What made you select B?”
- “Could any of the other possible answers be correct? If so, which one and why?”
- “I love how you were able to restate the question and make it a statement. Let’s dig a little further into your examples and evidence to find more supporting evidence for your answer.” ·
- What other evidence could you add to your constructed response?”
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