Helping Student Elaborate on New Content
Rigorous college and career readiness standards call for students to deepen their understanding of content by making claims and then supporting them with evidence.
~ Learning Sciences Marzano Center
Desired Effect
Students draw conclusions and create inferences about the new content by providing evidence to support their conclusions and inferences.
Purpose
Once students have had an opportunity to process new knowledge, the next step is to help them elaborate on what they have learned by asking questions. Well-planned questions are a productive way to encourage students to incorporate their own thinking into the learning. Questioning techniques compel students to go beyond what was introduced by making inferences and providing evidence to support their claims.
Teacher Evidence for Elaborating on New Content
Student Evidence for Elaborating on New Content
Scale
General Inference Question Examples
Elaborative Interrogation Examples
Strategies
Resources
Elaborating on New Content - Kindergarten
Elaborating on New Content - Grade 7