Teachers varied in Data Routine enactment, with Sensemaking about the Data least common, and sensemaking activities were strongly associated with open-ended questioning¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Framing Questions (88%) and Exploring the Data (97%) were commonly enacted, while Orienting to the Data (58%) and Sensemaking about the Data (24%) were less common; all four elements appeared in 24% of lessons. → McElhaney 2025 q2 i? 75% of activities incorporating sensemaking used primarily open-ended questioning, compared to 40% of other activities. → McElhaney 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

McElhaney 2025¶

McElhaney, K. W., Hodkowski, N. M., McMahon, L. H., Jacobs, J., Penuel, W. R., Anton, G., Henson, K., Urban, R., & Parker, D. A. (2025). Promoting Mathematical Reasoning in OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum Units. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/4ea4b3c5-c663-4484-8727-258bff346d2d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/281

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Classroom-observation coding of Data Routine enactment across the 43 observed lessons found teachers enacted at least one element in 100% of lessons and all four in 24%, with "Orienting to the Data (58%) and Sensemaking about the Data (24%)" least common.

"Framing Questions (88%) and Exploring the Data (97%) were commonly addressed, while Orienting to the Data (58%) and Sensemaking about the Data (24%) were less common."

McElhaney 2025 (2)¶

McElhaney, K. W., Hodkowski, N. M., McMahon, L. H., Jacobs, J., Penuel, W. R., Anton, G., Henson, K., Urban, R., & Parker, D. A. (2025). Promoting Mathematical Reasoning in OpenSciEd Middle School Curriculum Units. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/4ea4b3c5-c663-4484-8727-258bff346d2d. doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/281

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Coding of each lesson activity for questioning approach found teachers who facilitated at least one sensemaking activity used open-ended questioning much more frequently; "75% of activities that incorporated sensemaking used primarily open-ended questioning, compared to just 40% of other activities."

"75% of activities that incorporated sensemaking used primarily open-ended questioning, compared to just 40% of other activities."

Discussion¶

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