I have a student who doesn't know what he doesn't know! What?!! How can one 'know' what one does not know? This wreaks of metacognition!! Let me attempt to explain. As I grow in my practice, I am finding that my students who 'know' or are aware of what they 'don't know', are the students who can take action, question, pursue, learn, and consequently 'really know' and improve their understanding. It is the students who 'don't know' what they don't know who are learning-paralyzed and unable to action or next steps. So how do teacher's help students to 'know' what they 'don't know' so that they can cure their paralysis - or perhaps even just get them standing, walking, or moving in the direction of learning and understanding?
Two threaded posts to consider:
1. Why Students Think They Understand When They Don't
2. How to Help Students See When Their Knowledge Is Superficial or Incomplete
One tool to consider using or modifying to help students think about their own degree of understanding: Prompts for Examining Your Own Understanding
Berkley Reading Apprenticeship
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
Reading Apprenticeship: My Experience Thus Far…..September-Mid November 2014 by Christina Cannon
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Gripes
(Room for Improvement)
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NORMS
This was my favorite first day of teaching. (I’ve only taught for 4 years but that’s
still a big deal.) The students
performed a team building activity and then reflected on their
experience. They all participated and
came up with some great ideas for the classroom. I thought this set the tone for a positive
learning environment while letting the students get to know each other. We typed up the NORMS and hung them in the
classroom for the first week.
IDEAS: Go back after the first
semester and revisit our NORMS. Do we
want to modify or change anything?
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I didn’t have a lot of issues or areas for improvement with
this one. I wonder if the students do
it in every class on their first day if it could get old after the first few
hours.
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Metacognitive Logs
Overall I really like these. I like it that they’re expected to THINK
about what they’re reading and responsible for learning some of the material
on their own.
I also like the idea of building connections with prior
knowledge, images/graphs from the book.
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Laminate and personalize their MC bookmarks like they do
in Chemistry class.
I’m concerned that the students are not really thinking
anymore about these. I would say 25%
of my students really do a great job on these and do the post/preview along
with actually thinking about the connections on the brain side. I’d say 50% do the bare minimum to get
full credit but I can sometimes tell that they were not actually THINKING
very hard on the brain side. The
other 25%.....well….. they usually skip a big chunk of material or a preview
post view. I think I need to keep
checking these periodically in class.
Maybe once a month to reiterate the process/importance?
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Think Aloud
My Health class did this over a text about
neurotransmitters. Overall, it did
not go very well but one of the things I thought was positive was that they
did seem interested in trying a new reading strategy. When I looked around all of the students
were doing the activity (or at least faking that they were doing the activity).
I think the modeling was a good idea, but I should find a
reading piece that is easier to complete the activity with.
Also, I like the idea of giving the reading a purpose
when we reflect.
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Ideas: My very
poor readers seemed very uninterested and probably very
intimidated/scared. I need to create
a safer environment and stress the importance of these skills
because these are the students who need it the most.
Get a person to record and give them an example of the
handwriting they should use to record.
Hers was small and cluttered….
Maybe try “Who can write this down in a way that we can all understand
it?” Example below….
The questions all seemed the same. Two groups said “Nothing was
interesting”. How can I address that
properly? (Could it be that not
everyone is interested in neurotransmitters???!!!!)
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Making Connections/Graphic Organizer
(We didn’t do this activity in Berkley
Reading Apprenticeship PD but I think it counts as metacognition)
The students did a great job creating ways that they can
make connections of reading material.
I compiled a list from all 4 hours of biology.
Also, they liked coming up to the board and writing the
connections.
These organizers also brought up some good questions about
transpiration, mesophyll and some of the terms.
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Some of the student said they were not sure about which ways
the arrows were pointing and thought that part seemed confusing.
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Sticky Note Alternative
Sticky Note Alternative
- Cindy Henderson
The last few years, sticky notes
have not only become my best friend, but also are in high demand. Reading Apprenticeship has brought me into
the world of annotations, but with all the extra paper, it has also brought me
into a world of misuse—not so environmentally friendly. Thinking about this, I have come up with an
idea to cut back on paper use. This year, I required all of my students to
purchase a dry erase marker with their school supplies. While taking annotations when reading,
students get to do something most teachers would shudder at: write on their
desks. Yes, these shiny topped desks are
like mini dry erase boards. As students
read, they make annotations on their desks instead of sticky notes. Once they have completed this, they go to another
person’s desk and read their annotations to cover any issues they may have
missed in their own notes. Finally, they
are given an opportunity to take a picture of their desks to record their
notes. The students love it and as you
can see below, were very involved. The markers
erase with a cloth or a little soap and water if they leave residue.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Formative Assessment Opportunities for Reading Processes & Content
Formative Assessment Opportunities
For Reading Processes &
Content
1. Talk with
students one-on-one while other students work.
2. Analyze
Metacognitive Logs and/or Annotations (Talk to the Text) and model strategies
as needed.
a. Use the
Compliance – Practice – Mastery Approach.
b. Analyze one
section per time period.
c. Use the
Metacognitive Funnel.
d. Respond to
student’s Brain section and have them respond back.
3. Itinerant
monitoring as groups work together or during Think-Aloud.
4. Probing
Questions during small or whole group discussion.
5. End-of-day
feedback
a. Gots and
Needs
b. Sticky
Notes
6. Students
identify and provide evidence of growth for Student Learning Goals
7. Curriculum
Embedded Reading Assessment (CERA) Pre & Post
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