EDUC 255 - Eliciting Student Thinking in the Secondary Classroom

Credits: 2
Lecture Contact Hours: 2
Description: This course is designed to provide in-depth exploration of the core teaching practice, eliciting and interpreting student thinking in the secondary classroom. Students will review current research-based best practices in the development of questions that create an opportunity for students to share their thinking. Time will be spent deconstructing the practice while developing content specific resources. Students will complete relevant fieldwork through video observations.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Alternative Route to Interim Teacher Certification Program.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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Course Competencies

Explain metacognition.
Design open-ended questions.
Explain how students communicate their own thinking.
Analyze patterns of bias as it relates to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Identify evidence of English development.
Examine supportive wait time.
Develop hypotheses to test regarding student thinking.
Create leveled sentence stems to support student thinking and response.