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Helping Students Process New Content
"Research tells us that students must actively process new information in order to retain it, and in doing so interact with other students, the teacher, and the content."
~ John Edwards, Learning Sciences International
Desired Effect
Students can explain what they have learned, ask clarifying questions, and/or actively discuss the content.
Purpose
- After each small chunk of information is provided, students should work in small groups to describe, discuss, and make predictions regarding new information.
- Group processing focused on students generating conclusions about the new information adds rigor to the learning.
Teacher Evidence for Processing New Content
Student Evidence for Processing New Content
- Employs formal group processing strategies.
- Uses informal strategies to engage group members in actively processing
- Predictions
- Associations
- Paraphrasing
- Verbal Summarizing
- Questioning
- Facilitates group members in generating conclusions.
- Explain what they have just learned.
- Volunteer predictions.
- Voluntarily ask clarification questions.
- Actively discuss the content in groups.
- Generate conclusions.
- Verbally summarize or restate the new information.
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