Hierarchic: 4 Main Ideas

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Name: Claudia Mesnil-Baez

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Date:

Inquiry

10/01/14

Is about

Developingstudentsexperiencesandincreasingtheirunderstandingofthescientificmethod.
Main idea

Planning

Identifytheinquiryquestion
orproblemandspecifyyour
learningobjectives
Isitappropriate?
Aretherevariablesto
manipulate?
Planfordatagathering:
Guidancemaybenecessary
Preparetoguidestudentsin
ordertoexamineaspecific
partofaninquiryquestion.

Main idea

Implementing

Identifyaquestion:intendedto
attractattentionandprovidea
challenge
Generatehypotheses:These
attempttoanswerthequestion,
teachershouldprovideframeof
referenceforgatheringdata
Gatheranddisplaydata:
Studentsgatherdatarelated
tothehypotheses,students
shouldexperienceintesting
w/evidence
AssessHypothesesand
generalizestudentsshoulduse
theresultstodrawconclusions
basedonevidenceandapplythis
tonewsituations.

Main idea

Assessment

Tobeabletoassessstudents'
hypotheses,theteachermust
guidethediscussionwellin
ordertohaveconclusionsthat
areonparandthatfulfillthe
lessonobjective.
Studentsmaybeassessedwith
howwelltheyfollowthe
guidance,instructions,and
howwelltheyclassifytheir
datatoassessthevalidityof
thehypotheses.
Studentsassessmentsmayvary
fromindividualpresentations
togrouppresentations
dependingonthelesson.

Main idea

Motivation

Withtheinquirymodel,even
ifthereisjustoneansweror
onesetofhypothesesthatis
correct,therearemanywaysto
gatherdatainordertoreach
conclusions.
Also,ifstudentsareworking
oncollectingdatatheyfeel
usefulandasiftheyarebeing
heldaccountablefortheir
work.Thisisveryimportant
forstudentstocontinue
workingandtocontribute.
Thismotivationallowsfor
morereliableassessments.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

Thisteachingmodelisveryimportanttoincorporateintheclassroomregardlessofthesubjectbeingtaught,itgives
studentsexperiencewiththescientificmethod,inquiring,andthisleadstoadeeperunderstandingofaskillorknowledge.