Notice & Wonder / Favorite Mistake

Students who do not typically volunteer to share ideas. This includes students from every single category.

I worked with Jessica on this strategy - check out her blog post here!

Analyzing errors works when... (I didn't get to test this method again)

• Students have already been introduced to skill and had a chance to practice.

• The work is brimming with different types of errors and levels of difficulty so that it is like game for students to spot the errors.

• Students are asked to share out after having a chance to work alone.

• The teacher cold calls students.

Notice and wonder works when... (this is the method I ended up trying)

• Students do not necessarily need pre-knowledge.

• There are many content-relevant observations that can be made.

• Followed up with turn and talk and then share what your partner said.

• The teacher cold calls students to share.

During discussion...

When students share (but have not yet provided reasoning), asking them “what makes you say that”, “what is your reasoning” or “explain how you got that”.

Baseline data

• Notice and Wonder: Do Now: What do you notice about these things (energy forms)

• Baseline. Do Now: Ask then to share which are forms of energy.

• Analyzing Error: Do Now: Identify mistakes (did not have time to try and record data for this strategy)

Measuring success

We will measure our success by comparing the number of students that shared ideas during class discussion for the baseline strategy vs new strategy.

We measured our data for our section D. For the baseline, 3 students shared out. When using Notice and Wonder 7 students shared out. I also noticed that with the Notice and Wonder, all students volunteered rather than waiting to be called on. Additionally, the quality and relevance of answers following the Notice and Wonder were much greater.