Question students about why a correct answer was chosen, rather than why an error was made¶

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Description¶

In self-instructional kit work, the teacher asks "Why did you choose c for number two?" of a CORRECT answer rather than an incorrect one. This lets the teacher "help him to review his first choice and to discover and reinforce the effective... pattern of deliberations which led him to the correct choice". The student comes to view the teacher as a resource person rather than a wandering critic, and conversation with the teacher is not tantamount to public exposure of ignorance.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teacher must first identify which student responses were correct before questioning

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• students using self-instructional reading materials

Target Learning Goals¶

• metacognitive awareness of effective reasoning patterns
• willingness to accept criticism of errors

Affordances¶

• Experience With Languaging Activities

Related Strategies¶

• Behavioral Feedback for Correct and Incorrect Responses
• Emphasize Reasoning over Answers
• Questioning Techniques to Address Errors
• Emphasis on Reasoning over Answers
• Focus on the Question They Answered Correctly

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Manzo, Anthony V.; Sherk, John K., Jr. (1977). Reading and "Languaging in the Content Areas" A Third Generational Approach. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED136190