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Helping students extend and apply knowledge (Identifying similarities and…
Helping students extend and apply knowledge
Identifying similarities and differences
Strategies
Compairing
identifying similarities between things or ideas
Classifying
organizing things into groups according to similarities
Creating metaphors
identifying general patterns in specific topics, but topics appear to be different
Creating analogies
identifying relationships between pairs of concepts
Classroom Practice
Teach a variety of ways to identify similarities and differences
comparing
select items to compare
identify characteristics
explain how items are similar and different
classifying
identify items
select an item, describe key attributes, identify items with same attributes
create a category based on attributes
continue to categorize based on similar attributes
creating metaphors
identify most important elements of info
write basic info as a general pattern
replace words for specific things with more general things
summarize info
creating analogies
identify how to items in first pair are related
state relationship in general way
identify another pair of items with similar relationship
provide supporting cues to help students
guide students throughout the process
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Classroom practice
engage students in structured tasks
model the processes for students
use familiar content to teach the steps of the processes
provide students with useful and relevant graphic organizers
give students guidance as needed
Ask students to explain their hypotheses and conclusions
provide students with templates for reporting work and highlighting areas for explainations
provide sentence frames
ask students to create audio recordings
provide rubrics
have students create graphic organizers
establish events where student can explain their thinking
Processes
systems analysis
problem solving
experimental inquiry
investigation