DQ 2 Helping Students Interact with New Knowledge
In order to ensure meeting the DQ 2 protocols, the teacher can ask the students questions. Click here to see the questions.
6. Identify Critical Information
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Starting at a young age, the ability to identify critical information is crucial to critical thinking and problem solving. Our first graders locate important information with the guidance of the adult.
7. Organizing Students to Interact with New Knowledge
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Students are arranged into small groups of three to four students for lessons. During these small groups, students show respect for each others' opinions or perspectives. They are also able to ask each other questions about the newly learned material.
12. Recording and Representing Knowledge.
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Students in Kindergarten have a journal in which they record information, show work, and describe observations made within the classroom.
DQ 3 Helping Students Practice and Deepen New Knowledge
In order to ensure meeting the DQ 3 protocols, the teacher can ask the students questions. Click here to see the questions.
16. Using Homework
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Homework is only given to students to practice and deepen their knowledge independently. A clear purpose for the assignment is given to the students when the homework is introduced. The next day the homework is reviewed in class and the students summarize their purpose for the assignment.
18. Examining Errors in Reasoning
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It is very important to review work with students. Reviewing work and discussing errors in reasoning will assist teachers in assessing the level of understanding. Also, during this time, the teacher can identify any misconceptions that child may have on the topic.
DQ 4 Helping Students Generate and Test Hypotheses
21. Organizing Students for Cognitively Complex Tasks
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Our third grade students are organized into small groups to collaboratively generate and test their own hypotheses.
22. Engaging Students for Cognitively Complex Tasks Involving Hypothesis Generation and Testing
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Students in grades Kindergarten through five perform experiments throughout the year. The teacher engages the students in problem solving, experimental inquiry, and/or investigation tasks that require the students to generate and test hypotheses.