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-Student
focus students attention on the topic
Identify prior understanding of a concept or idea
-Teacher
Explore:
-Student
Gather information
Generate questions
Interact with materials
Consider different ways to solve a problem
Acquire common experience and thoughts
Compare results and ideas of evidence
Observe, describe, record, compare and share results and experience
-Teacher
Explain:
-Student
-Teacher
Encourages students to use their common experiences and data from the Engage and Explore lessons to
develop explanations
Asks questions that help students express understanding and explanations
Requests justification (evidence) for students' explanations
Provides time for students to compare their ideas with those of others and perhaps to revise their thinking
Introduces terminology and alternative explanations after students express their ideas
Elaborate:
-Student
-Teacher
Focuses students' attention on conceptual connections between new and former experiences
Encourages students to use what they have learned to explain a new events or idea
Reinforces students' use of scientific terms and descriptions previously introduced
Asks questions that help students draw reasonable conclusions from evidence and data
Expand:
Examples:
Extend:
Evaluate:
-Student
-Teacher
Explicit:
-Teacher
Activate prior knowledge
Pre-teach vocabulary
Enrich:
-Student
Authentic application of new knowledge
Problem/project driven
Explicit and Enrich are implemented to meet the needs of learners below and above the learning targets.