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I am teaching a class where I allow the students a set amount of time to draw out what they know about a subject. Today, the students did their pre-class work, then came to class, and we began to d...
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Check out this infographic which focuses on scaffolding for deeper understanding. Mia MacMeekin has provided a nine step process.
1. Ask a question.
2. Present a mystery for students to solve.
3. Ask students to draw what they know.
4. Give students ample time to research the mystery.
5. Ask students to draw the mystery and the solution again.
6. Ask students to share their drawings with other students.
7. Ask students to pull their ideas together in one drawing.
8. Teacher patiently asks what if questions.
9. If students needs more information, send them back to step #4, and start over again until the outcome or objective is reached.
MacMeekin notes that her students were engaged in the drawing/scaffolding phase of this and reached a deeper understanding than other classes had. It is also important to note that the ant is actually an analogy. To learn more click through to the post.
How much time teachers would need this kind of problem-solving based scaffolding activity? When to use Thisbe kind of approach?