2. THINK ALOUDS (Feedback, Discussion)
Description: This tool helps students understand the kind of thinking required for a specific task.
Application: Use Think Alouds to model the thinking process and/or as a diagnostic tool that pinpoints a student’s strengths and weaknesses in the thinking process.
Process: Model a process that requires analytic and trial and error reasoning. Describe the process, as well as the “mental stops” along the way. Ask students to then “think aloud,” too, demonstrating their understanding of the process.
Description: This tool helps students understand the kind of thinking required for a specific task.
Application: Use Think Alouds to model the thinking process and/or as a diagnostic tool that pinpoints a student’s strengths and weaknesses in the thinking process.
Process: Model a process that requires analytic and trial and error reasoning. Describe the process, as well as the “mental stops” along the way. Ask students to then “think aloud,” too, demonstrating their understanding of the process.
References and/or for more information:
2. Think Alouds
http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm
2. Think Alouds
http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm