Inquiring Minds Want to Inquiring Minds Want to Grow: Building Grow: Building

Intentional Practice Intentional Practice Jeff C. Marshall

Clemson UniversityNSTA Presentation

March, 2010

Do you facilitate clear, meaningful, and intentional learning in your classrooms?

Or, is your instruction and learning a series of mixed signals that hope for magical results?

Three Support Structures to Three Support Structures to Guide IntentionalityGuide Intentionality

4E x 2 Instructional Model

EQUIP

Dynamic WebTool

What typifies your planning?

Or???

And, what is the difference?

4E x 2 INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL4E x 2 INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL

Engage

Explore

Explain

Extend

Assess

Reflect

Marshall, J. (2006)—See www.clemson.edu/iim for more details.

Key Aspects of 4E x 2 ModelKey Aspects of 4E x 2 ModelCheck for prior knowledge and

misconceptions◦engage is more than motivate

Explore before Explain ◦break the paradigm of punch line before joke

Formative Assessment at EVERY stage of inquiry◦not just summative evaluation

Be intentional about instructional decisions◦review, remediate, or move on

Checking for UnderstandingChecking for Understanding

What is the importance of Engage?

Why Explore BEFORE Explain?

Who should do the Explanation?

What is the value of the Extend?

Moment to ReflectMoment to Reflect

How can the 4E x 2 Instructional Model be used to improve what you are already doing in the classroom?

How cohesive is your teaching?

Or???

What promotes more of the latter?

EQUIPEQUIP(Electronic Quality of Inquiry Protocol)(Electronic Quality of Inquiry Protocol)

Four critical domains tie directly to student achievement:

Instruction (How do I lead?)Discourse (How do we interact?)Assessment (How is instruction influenced

by student achievement/knowledge?)Curriculum (What guides teaching and

learning?)EQUIP contains a descriptive rubric of 19

indicators tied to the above constructsWhen you improve on EQUIP, learning

increases!!!

Now What?Now What?

How do I tackle all these things and maintain my sanity?

I need details!!!!

Your Last LessonYour Last Lesson

Let’s begin by thinking about your last lesson? ◦What made it effective?◦Where did it need some work?◦Most importantly, what did the student’s learn

and how do I know they “got it?”

Reflection #2Reflection #2

What what are two indicators from EQUIP that I can target when I return to school?

What is my plan for doing so?

Dynamic WebtoolDynamic Webtool

Where do I go to see lesson plans that promote conceptual change?

www.clemson.edu/iim (select lesson plans then register—free to all registered users)

•Overview Video•Public Lesson•My Workspace•Creating New Lessons

Reflection #3Reflection #3

What can you do to become more intentional about your practice?◦4E x 2 Instructional Model

◦EQUIP

◦WebTool

How will you use any of the supports discussed today?

Further InformationFurther Information

Jeff Marshall◦email: marsha9@clemson.edu◦website: www.clemson.edu/iim