This session will guide teachers through examining classroom talk during a formative assessment, and paying attention to both the student ideas that are posed and the different kinds of teaching moves that influence student learning during formative assessment. Participants will learn how to examine and notice the substance of student thinking, interpret the discourse to make sense of ideas and how to modify instruction to support student learning. Participants should bring a laptop or paper copies of teacher guides/curricula with formative assessments that they have or will use in their teaching
Middle school science teacher, Boston Latin School
I have newly moved from teaching high school chemistry to teaching middle school, so I love to talk and think about strategies to engage 8th graders in scientific thinking!
