Episode 5: How Do You Know Your Students Are Actually Thinking?
From The Inquiry Exchange · 00:13:05
Show by David Brothman, Ed.D
Episode 5: How Do You Know Your Students Are Actually Thinking?A quiet classroom doesn't necessarily mean students aren't thinking. And a classroom full of discussion doesn't necessarily mean they are.In this episode of The Inquiry Exchange, I look at what evidence of student thinking can actually look like, drawing from what I'm seeing in three very different classrooms: AP Government, AP U.S. History, and Sociology.I'm becoming less interested in whether students are talking and more interested in whether they're doing something with an idea.Are they questioning? Making connections? Using evidence? Challenging an idea? Revising their thinking?I also share how I'm using InquiryQuest and other inquiry strategies to create more opportunities for students to make their thinking visible.And the episode leaves us with another question:What if inquiry itself has to be learned?That's where we're headed next on The Inquiry Exchange.I'd also love to hear what's happening in your classroom. Share an inquiry experience, whether it worked beautifully, completely fell apart, or surprised you somewhere along the way. I want The Inquiry Exchange to become a place where we learn from each other's classrooms.Let’s change classrooms, one inquiry at a time.
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