Design Question 3- Helping Students Practice and Deepen New Knowledge Desired Effect: Students practice and deepen knowledge. Element Focus Statement *TEACHER Desired Effect *STUDENTS Reviewing Content Teacher engages students in brief review Students produce an accurate 14 of content that highlights the critical representation of previously taught critical information. content. 15 Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Teacher uses grouping in ways that Students practice and deepen knowledge Knowledge facilitate practicing and deepening by interacting in small groups. knowledge 16 Homework When appropriate (as opposed to Student’s understanding of content and/or routinely), teacher designs homework to practice skills, strategies or processes is of deepened with appropriate homework. deepen students’ knowledge informational content, or practice a skill, strategy, or process 17 Examining Similarities and Differences When content is informational, teacher Students describe how element are similar helps students deepen their knowledge by and different and what new information examining similarities and differences they have learned as a result of their comparisons. 18 Examining Errors in Reasoning When content is informational, teacher Students can identify and articulate errors helps students deepen their knowledge by in logic or reasoning, or the structure of an examining their own reasoning or the argument, and explain new insights of the information as presented to resulting from this analysis. logic them 19 Practicing Skills, Strategies, and Processes When the content involves a skill, strategy, Students develop automaticity with skills, or process, teacher engages students in strategies, or processes by engaging in practice activities that help them develop appropriate practice activities. fluency. 20 Revising Knowledge Teacher engages students in revision of Students make additions and deletions to previous knowledge about content previous knowledge that deepen their addressed in previous lessons understanding. Design Question 4- Helping Students Generate and Test Hypotheses
Design Question 3- Helping Students Practice and Deepen New Knowledge Desired Effect: Students practice and deepen knowledge. Element Focus Statement *TEACHER Desired Effect *STUDENTS 14 Reviewing Content Teacher engages students in brief review of content that highlights the critical information. Students produce an accurate representation of previously taught critical content. 15 Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge Teacher uses grouping in ways that facilitate practicing and deepening knowledge Students practice and deepen knowledge by interacting in small groups. 16 Homework When appropriate (as opposed to routinely), teacher designs homework to deepen students’ knowledge of informational content, or practice a skill, strategy, or process Student’s understanding of content and/or practice skills, strategies or processes is deepened with appropriate homework. 17 Examining Similarities and Differences When content is informational, teacher helps students deepen their knowledge by examining similarities and differences Students describe how element are similar and different and what new information they have learned as a result of their comparisons. 18 Examining Errors in Reasoning When content is informational, teacher helps students deepen their knowledge by examining their own reasoning or the logic of the information as presented to them Students can identify and articulate errors in logic or reasoning, or the structure of an argument, and explain new insights resulting from this analysis. 19 Practicing Skills, Strategies, and Processes When the content involves a skill, strategy, or process, teacher engages students in practice activities that help them develop fluency. Students develop automaticity with skills, strategies, or processes by engaging in appropriate practice activities. 20 Revising Knowledge Teacher engages students in revision of previous knowledge about content addressed in previous lessons Students make additions and deletions to previous knowledge that deepen their understanding. Design Question 4- Helping Students Generate and Test Hypotheses