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| The Right Answer Game |
| posted by: Cindy Omlin | October 27, 2011, 12:54 AM |
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Which is why I was so excited when I stumbled across this strategy in a forum thread earlier this week. The idea behind this strategy is to have us look at the questioning part of a lesson as a game (which I'm fond of). According to this view, when we, as teachers, provide the answer to our questions after a couple of guesses, we've denied a student the possibility of 'winning' the game. Also, when we immediately pass judgment on answers (Was it 1495? Not quite), we discourage participation by other students who may have had the same answer. Instead of rethinking their answers, these students shut down and feel left out of the game. So the goal is to get as many different answers as possible before revealing which answer is correct. This allows all the students who had the correct answer to feel that "I win" moment. I'm a little worried, however, that it won't help the students with the wrong answers to develop the thinking processes that the correct students had, which is why I love the following twist on this strategy as seen in one of the posts. In this strategy, while collecting answers, make a list of them on the board. You then let students break into groups and decide which of the answers on the board is correct and why. When you come back again a minute later, ask students not only for which answer is right, but for proof. By adding this second layer to questions and answers, the thinking process can be opened up and dissected for other students to learn from. What is your strategy? Comment below. Originally posted by Melissa at AAE.
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