I've made some progress over the last two weeks in my depth of inquiry for student led activities. In my year-long class, for each project I identified extra background research that would help understanding, and each group is going to use the results of that research to plan an extension of their project. I began this because I identified that the groups were not thinking very deeply about WHY they were doing a given project.
In my semester physical science class I'm hoping to increase depth of thought, along with writing and thinking skills, by having students edit and critique each other's project reports. In our district meetings we've been discussing how to use writing to improve thinking skills, and multiple edits and peer-editing were mentioned as possible strategies.
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