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theory behind the scaffold…
Higher-order level questions – those that elicit deeper thinking – help students to stretch their thinking and engage their curiosity, their reasoning ability, their creativity, and independence. These questions encourage students to open their minds, they offer opportunities to …………………………………. we help our students to be more effective thinkers now and in the future.*
……………………………………. effective questioning skills can often be the difference between gaining employment or not. One of the highly ranked skills wanted by employers is to ask insightful questions that lead to various solutions of challenging events.
This scaffolding activity uses the question continuum – a……………………………………………- elements that are usually dense, and so very challenging to interpret.
Y……………………………………………….. In this way, students are gently pushed out of their comfort zone (ZPD*) and are more able to move forward in their learning.
*Zwiers, Jeff & Crawford, Marie (2011). Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings, USA, Stenhouse Publishers.
**ZPD = Zone of Proximal Development: the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers” (Vygotsky).
step by step…
- Choose a graph or map from the unit you’re about to begin that might be challenging for your students to understand. ……………………………………. extending the possibility of developing key skills.
NOTE: These maps and graphs probably see simple to us, but there is a lot of inferencing, connections, and information that our students need to cognitively unwrap. Giving them time to process the different elements of the map or graph in smaller groups, enables them to consider the information more slowly so that later feel more confident in answering higher-level order questions.
- F……………………………………the key elements you’d like them to assimilate.
example with maps…(they will need to cross reference these maps to answer the questions)
- Do climate maps give you an idea of t……………………………….?
- Which map gives you the names of the countries?
- Who is more likely to live in between 60º and 90º latitude – people who like warm or cold weather? How can you justify your answer?
- When …………………………………………… – when they want to ski or when they want to surf?
- Where ……………………………the same latitude as countries located in the temperate zone or in a subtropical zone? Justify your answer.
- What are 5 countries in Africa are in the subtropical zone? Which are in the equatorial zone?
- How could you combine th………………………………… need to include in each one?
- Why are there different climates in …………………………………… latitudes?
- What if you could decide where to go for your winter holidays. Which country would you ………………………..?
- Formative Evaluation/Reflection: Students write two (2) lower-level thinking questions and two (2) higher-order thinking questions about the map(s) or graph(s) using the Question Continuum.
Other questions you can use with a graph or map in your lessons:
- Do you wonder why…
- Do you think there is a correlation between…
- How do you see the difference between…
- Is there a reason why…
- Did you expect… clil open questions
- Based on…how do you infer…
- Is this similar to…
- What does the graph not ………………………….?
- What else can you conclude from these findings?
- How could you present this information in a different way?
- Do you have any other questions you might like to ask about this information?
- What does the graph not show?
- W……………………………clude from these findings?
- How co……………………………….n in a different way?
- Do ……………………… you might like to ask about this information?
video explanation…
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