QUESTION: When might a teacher involve students in creating procedures? RESPONSE: Although Dr. Marshall outlines in the DWS Teaching Model that it is the teacher’s responsibility to create procedures for the classroom, there are also some situations in which a teacher might effectively involve their students in the process. 1. As time goes on in [...]
November 2010
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When might students be involved in creating procedures?
Who should create the procedures? The teacher or students?
QUESTION: Who should make the procedures? Is this something the teacher dictates or something the kids come up with? For example, I have been thinking about how I want to teach my first grade class to “turn and talk.” I want them to: Find someone who is nearby (rather than go across the room to [...]
