Kategorier: Alle - evaluation - hypotheses - evidence - strategies

av Rachael Kriete 1 måned siden

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PDSA Spring 2024

The upcoming PDSA Spring 2024 meeting is focusing on refining strategies to better address educational needs within the science department. Central to this initiative is the emphasis on evaluating and supporting evidence through various exercises and tools such as graphic organizers and CER (

PDSA Spring 2024

PDSA Spring 2024

Study

Was the goal met?
Observations
Revisions to be Made
Went Well
Surprising

Do

Final Decision
Science teachers will adapt explanation assessments to allow students to select the "best" evidence from a range of options rather than writing evidence from scratch. This will remove barriers relating to low writing skills, allowing students to demonstrate their ability to identify supporting evidence. Each science teacher will administer an adapted assessment and bring student work samples to the next PDSA meeting.

Subtopic

Strategies to Address Need
Department Brainstorm

Explanation "Construction"

Rubric for Evaluating Evidence

Identifying Evidence Strength Out of Scientific Context (Practice, Review)

Two Competing Hypotheses

Accuracy and Precision

Given evidence, identify supporting, refuting, etc.

CER

iReady Strategies

Inferences

Text Evidence + Background Knowledge = Inference

Evaluate Text Evidence

"The text says ___ and ____, so I can conclude ___."

"The text says ___ to I know ____."

Given paired evidence and conclusions, identify strong and weak support.

Model Making Inferences

Combining Text Evidence

Graphic Organizer

Label Paragraphs

Underline Key Ideas

Read Aloud

Prompt Stems

What does ___ mean as it is used in this paragraph?

Find and write down a sentence from the passage that supports this statement...

Which of the following best explains why...

Select three pieces of evidence that best support this statement.

Use details from the passage to support your answer...

Which detail from the article best supports...

Plan

Specify Desired Outcome
The number of students who meet standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 will significantly increase on the EOY iReady Exam.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Structure of Argument

Reasoning

Evidence

Claim

Distinguish between explicit and inferred
Identify valid relevant evidence
Identify Need
Informational Text Domains

9: Seminal Documents

8: Evaluate Reasoning

7: Analyzing Accounts

6: Point of View

5: Structure

4: Word Meaning

3: Sequence & Connections

2: Objective Summary

1: Citing Evidence

Examine iReady Data