Author: Craig Barton
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Tip 24. Ten types of questions to ask when checking for understanding
A summary of all 10 question types: The original paper where Pointon and Sangwin share their question taxonomy is here Doug Lemov talks about participation ratio and think ratio in Teach like a Champion 3.0, available here Adam Boxer discusses monosemic and polysemic questions on my Mr Barton Maths podcast here Tom Sherrington has a…
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Tip 23. Lengthen wait times after an answer
You can access Mary Budd-Rowe’s research (unfortunately behind a paywall) into Wait Times here Kent State University have a lovely article about wait times – including the all-important second wait time – here You can read Alexander Renkl’s research into self-explaining here General links
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Tip 22. Lengthen wait times after a question
You can access Mary Budd-Rowe’s research (unfortunately behind a paywall) into Wait Times here InnerDive have a nice blog post about wait time here Kent State University have a lovely article about wait times here Daniel Kahneman describes systems 1 and 2 in his book, Thinking fast and slow, available here General links
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Tip 21. Use the temptation to ask for self-report as a cue to ask a better question
Doug Lemov describes how to replace self-report in Teach like a Champion 3.0, available here Ollie Lovell summarises replace self-report here Tom Sherrington describes why it is important to check for understanding here You can read about the Dunning-Kruger effect here General links
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Tip 20. Think of questions as a check for misunderstanding
My favourite paper on the distinction between learning and performance is Learning Versus Performance: An Integrative Review, available here InnerDrive have a nice blog post about the distinction between performance and learning here General links
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Tip 17. Use the means of participation holy trinity
Tom Sherrington has a great post about effective questioning sequences here General links
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Tip 16. Six ideas to improve group work
A summary of all six ideas: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl is available here You can read Cooperative Learning and Achievement: Theory and Research here Inner Drive have a great blog on the advantages and disadvantages of group work here General links
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Tip 15. Fifteen ideas to improve Partner Talk
A summary of all 15 ideas: Tom Sherrington has a great post called Think, Pair, Share Forensics Doug Lemov describes effective paired discussions in Teach like a Champion 3.0, available here Doug also gave a great interview on Ollie Lovell’s ERRR Podcast where he talked about paired discussions. You can listen here General links