Yesterday I participated in a great webinar from the ArizonaDepartment of Education about student discourse in STEM courses. From the
webinar and the discussion that went with it, I have formalized some of my
thoughts into some classroom forms that I want to share.
First, is the discourse reminder cards. I’ve made these so I
can attach them to student desks and notebooks so that they can always have a “cheat
sheet” for engaging in academic discourse.
Second, is the Think-Pair-Compare recording sheet. When
students are first learning the Think-Pair-Compare procedure it can help to
have some extra structure and accountability. This form is designed so that each
student can have a quarter page to use, or print them back to back and add them
to student binders so they can have a running log and self-assess their growth
in using this strategy.
Hopefully these will come in handy for you. If you have
suggestions for how I can make them even better, please feel free to email me,
I’m always trying to improve!
