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Decisions
Posted:
Mar 21, 2001 5:04 PM
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In the course of a lesson, a teacher might ask herself/himself:
-How do I know when it would help to wait, rather than ask a question
or volunteer more information?
-When should I summarize in order to move on, and when should I
encourage my students to play out their thinking?
-How do I judge whether to probe for a misconception, or let
classmates be responsible for sense-making and validation?
There are no easy answers to such questions. The Math Forum's Bridging
Research and Practice group highlights several elements that influence
teacher's decision-making: balance, wait-time, and classroom norms.
Read more about each one here:
http://mathforum.com/brap/wrap/decisions.html
Have you noticed other elements that affect teacher's (on the spot)
decision making?
~Roya
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