| Here are questions you might ask about sketched discussions |
And tools
to help* |
| What tasks do your questions set for students, and what tasks do the students actually perform in response to your questions? |
Students' mental tasks |
| Are your questions about the object of discussion or about the students' responses to it? What difference might that make? |
Object- and response-based questions |
| How are you responding to students' comments, as compared with a list of your options for responding to them? |
Responding to students |
| Where might the discussion have taken different directions, with different results? |
Forks in the road |
| Are there places in the discussion where students help to lead it, and how might you induce them to do so? |
Student leadership in discussions |
| What cognitive,
metacognitive and social skills do students need to participate
well in the discussion? |
Skills students need |
| Which student comments might indicate their learning? What are students learning, as indicated by these comments? |
Student learning |
*The tools are made to be laid beside Side 2 of the Discussion Sketch. ==> |
Sketch |
Lay-beside |
