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1 Enhancing STEM Learning in Your K-8 Classroom

2 Alice A. Christie, Ph.D. Veteran Educator Arizona State University President s Professor Emeritus

3 Day 2 Overview Ø Questioning Techniques Ø Challenges Ø STEAM Centers Ø Extending STEAM Centers Ø STEAM Lesson Examples Ø Planning a STEAM Lesson Ø Case Studies

4 Pages 9 12 STEM Guiding Principles Ø Focus on Integration Ø Establish Relevance Ø Emphasize 21 st Century Skills Ø Challenge Your Students Ø Provide a variety of outcomes in STEM units of study Vasquez, Comer, and Sneider (2012)

5 What STEM principles come to life in this video?

6 Motivating STEM Lessons Ø Change the way students: Ø think Ø approach ideas Ø solve problems Ø research Ø plan and execute a design process

7 Pages Motivating STEM Lessons Ø Push students to go deeper and master rigorous STEM skills and concepts Ø Prepare students to solve problems Ø Demand critical thinking Ø Provide scaffolding to develop STEM skills that will enable students to become independent learners

8 Let s Observe a Motivating STEM Lesson

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10 Pages Questioning Ø Direct recall questions (what or when): Ø teacher-directed classroom Ø single correct answer is valued Ø Probing, divergent, and elaborating questions: Ø central to learning, growing, and making sense of our world Ø powerful tools for: Ø making decisions Ø solving problems Ø inventing Ø changing and improving our lives and others lives

11 Questioning Ø Developing probing questions is difficult Ø Teachers need to develop and hone this skill Ø Probing divergent, and elaborating questions: Ø engage and enable students to think deeply Ø promote student inquiry Ø increase student engagement and achievement

12 Questions Ø Types Ø Open Questions Ø Probing Questions Ø Divergent Questions Ø Elaborating Questions Ø Levels Ø Knowledge Ø Comprehension Ø Application Ø Analysis Ø Synthesis Ø Evaluation

13 Open and Closed Questions Closed Open

14 Probing Questions

15 Divergent Questions Ø One of the central elements of inquiry learning Ø Engage students in classroom discussions Ø Encourage students to think independently, creatively, and critically Ø begin with: Ø Imagine... Ø Suppose... Ø Predict... Ø If..., then... Ø How might... Ø Can you create... Ø What are some of the possible consequences... Ø What if...

16 Elaborative Questions Ø Extend and stretch our thinking Ø Make inferences about our learning Ø Begin with: Ø What does this mean? Ø What might it mean if certain conditions were different? Ø How could I take this farther? What is the logical next step? What is missing? What needs to be filled in? Ø What are the implied or suggested meanings?

17 Blooms Taxonomy Pages Evaluation Synthesis STEM Education Analysis Application Understanding Knowledge

18 Level 1: Knowledge Ø who Ø what Ø why Ø when where Ø which Ø omit Ø choose Ø find Ø how Ø define Ø label Ø show Ø spell Ø list Ø match Ø name Ø relate Ø tell Ø recall Ø select

19 Level 2: Comprehension Ø compare Ø contrast Ø demonstrate Ø interpret Ø explain Ø rephrase Ø translate Ø summarize Ø show Ø illustrate Ø classify Ø What is the main idea of? Ø What facts show? Ø Explain what is happening? Ø What does mean? Ø How would you classify the type of? Ø Put in your own words Ø What statements support? Ø How would you summarize? Ø How would you rephrase the meaning of?

20 Level 3: Application

21 Level 4: Analysis

22 Level 5: Synthesis

23 Level 6: Evaluation

24 Questions Aligned with the Scientific Process

25 Questions Aligned with the Scientific Process

26 Encourage Students to Ask Questions Ø Ask as many questions as you can. Give students license to ask. Ø Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer any question. Create a safe space and protection for all students. Ø Record every question exactly as It Is stated. Level the playing field So all questions and voices are respected. Ø Change any statement into a question. Source: Make Just One Change: Rothstein and Santana, co-directors of Right Question Institute

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28 Contact Information Alice Christie, Ph.D.

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