Transcript Hypothesizing is Not Just for Science

Hypothesizing
It’s Not Just for
Science Anymore!
Seminole County Public Schools
Instructional Excellence & Equity
“Light”
“Light,” Stay Curious PBS video, 1:01, 2000,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmcPoM78e2g
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Lesson Segment: Addressing Content
Design Question: 4
What will I do to help
students generate and
test hypotheses?
LEARNING IS MESSY!
During the process, students will go through different
stages of emotions. They might feel uncertainty as they
begin, optimism when they select a project, then
confusion or frustration when they’ve gathered a lot of
information and don’t know where to go with it. As
they begin to sift through the information, they gain a
sense of clarity and direction and begin formulating
and executing the project. By the end of the process,
they’ll have a sense of satisfaction or disappointment
on the outcome of their presentation.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/
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Decision
Making
Problem
Solving
Investigation
Generate & Test
Hypotheses
Experimental
Inquiry
System
Analysis
Invention
To what extent does training
affect performance?
“Inquiry in PE: What it Looks Like,” Calgary Science School Video, 3:10.
http://calgaryscienceschool.blogspot.com/search/label/inquiry
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Experimental Inquiry
Make a prediction based on observations.
Design an experiment to test the predictions.
Examine the results in light of the original prediction.
Explain the results and your conclusions.
Choosing A Cell Phone Carrier
Criteria
Cell-O-Rama
Plan Cost
Monthly Minutes
• # Minutes
• Overage Charges
• Long Distance
Messaging
• # Messages
• Overage Charges
Data
• # GBytes
• Overage Charges
Talk A lot
Cellular
Cell Phones
Unlimited
Decision Making
• Identify Alternatives
• Determine Criteria on which Alternatives will be Judged.
• Predict which will be the Best Alternative
• Complete the Decision Making Task
• Determine Best Alternative based on Decision Matrix
• Contrast Findings with Original Predictions & Support
Conclusions.
World Peace Games –
4th Grade
John Hunter, “World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
Trailer,” World Peace Game Foundation video, 8:31, 2009.
http://www.worldpeacegame.org/the-film/trailer
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Problem Solving
Solving a Problem in a new
context or with a constraint
Define the
Problem
Identify New
Context or
Constraint
Predict
Impact to
Results
Test the
Prediction
Report
Results with
Constructed
Supports
Let Them Be Curious!
“Turning Curiosity Into Science,” AP Students College Board video,
1:02, 2013, https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/exploreap/what-ittakes/student-voices/turning-curiosity-into-a-science
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Investigation
Testing Hypothesis about past,
present or future events
Historical
Investigations
• Answering
questions about
what really
happened.
• Why did “x”
happen?
Projective
Investigations
• What would
happen if…?
Definitional
Investigations
• What are the
important
features of…?
• What are the
defining
characteristics
of…?
Outcomes of DQ4:
By generating and testing a
hypothesis, students are applying
their conceptual understanding
(Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock,
2001).
Want to learn more about DQ4?
Visit us on the Instructional Model &
Evaluation Webpage and click on the
Learning Opportunities tab.
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http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/insteval/LearningOpportunities.aspx