Transcript Show What You Know Nancy DeYoung Leigh Ann Wheeler  Chalk Talk ◦ Thinking is…. Show What You Know.

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Nancy DeYoung
Leigh Ann Wheeler
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Chalk Talk
◦ Thinking is….
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I'm Thinking
“My students don’t want to think!”
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“My students don’t know
how to problem-solve!”
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Short video clip of 2
students.
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“Retention of information through
rote practice isn’t learning; it is
training.”
verses
Tell and
Practice
Thinking
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Stop and ask yourself: What do students
spend 75% of their time doing in your
class on a regular basis?
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To develop understanding of a subject,
students need to engage in authentic
intellectual activity.
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What does authentic intellectual
activity look like?
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Students may be:
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Observing closely and describing what’s there
Explaining and interpreting
Reasoning with evidence
Making connections
Considering different viewpoints and
perspectives
◦ Forming conclusions
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Will students be thinking??
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Will it be easy??
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Notice this is a shift from:
Teacher
Focus
Student
Focus
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Our role shifts from delivering information
to fostering students’ engagement with
ideas.
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So, how do we encourage our
students to think?
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Start with a brainstorming activity.
◦ Generate ideas
◦ Allow think time
◦ Allow mistakes without judging
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“Research has demonstrated that three
specific techniques prove useful in
introducing thinking: modeling,
metacognitive reflection and thinkingaloud pair problem solving.”
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What is metacognitive thinking, and
how does it help our students learn
how to think?
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Model
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Will this teach your students how to
think?
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Richhart says, “A learner not only needs
to learn to think but think to learn.”
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What else can I do to highlight my
students’ thinking?
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Questioning:
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What makes you say that?
Can you say more about that?
What would happen if….?
I was wondering……what do you think?
If you were going to prove to someone that this
always works, how would you do it?
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Consider your chalk talk and what we
have discussed. How can you take this
back into your school or classroom?
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What challenges come up in your mind
about this topic?
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Closure:
◦ Thinking Routines
 Chalk Talk
 Connect-Extend-Challenge
 What Makes You Say That?
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