Math teachers of older students sometimes struggle to get students to explain their thinking with evidence. It’s hard to get kids in the habit of talking about how they are thinking about a problem when they’ve had many years of instruction that focused on getting the “right answer.” That’s why educators are now trying to get students in the habit of explaining their thinking at a young age. The Teaching Channel captured kindergarten and first grade teachers pushing students to give evidence for their answers in situations where there are several ways to think about a problem.
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Koen Mattheeuws's curator insight,
March 31, 2017 3:13 AM
Zeggen wat je denkt en waarom je het denkt (aan elkaar). Het loont om er tijd voor te maken.
Dennis Swender's curator insight,
April 7, 2017 12:22 PM
Halliday & Hasan's exophoric vs. endophoric language is most applicable..
Re: Halliday, M. A. K. and Hasan, R. (1993). Cohesion in English. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-55041-6. [Exophoric reference, p. 34]
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