ACTION RESEARCH: PUPIL EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING: AUTUMN 2017
\nResearcher: Mrs C Jackson and Mrs D Young: Minchinhampton
\nContext: Year 1 Questioning (across the curriculum)
\nDesired Outcomes: Children thinking deeply about their learning and applying reasoning to their thoughts.<\/p>\n
Evaluation:<\/p>\n
Initial evaluation: Pupil conferencing with six randomly chosen children, some previously high attaining in questioning and some previously low attaining in questioning. Questions asked include \u2018Why do you think that..?\u2019, \u2018How do you know that\u2026?\u2019 and may in lesson time include \u2018What are your reasons for\u2026?\u2019, \u2018Do you have evidence of\u2026?\u2019, \u2018Can you justify your opinion\u2026?\u2019
\nSecond evaluation: Repeat above exercise and look for qualitative differences in pupil responses\/ Any conclusions from difference \u2013 improvements in responses responses\/improvements in learning.<\/p>\n
Results:
\nWhen we began this research in September, the children concerned had just come out of Reception. The age of the children at this time, combined with their early language and communication skills, presented a challenge when it came to collecting evidence. Given this barrier, we saw fit to engage the children 1:1 with the reasoning and evidence questions, such as \u2018Why do you think that\u2026?\u2019, \u2018How do you know that\u2026\u2019, as it was difficult to ascertain their opinions in a small group setting.
\nWe found that the children\u2019s ability to answer our questions at this early stage with any deeper reasoning than \u2018because it is so\u2019 was limited. They struggled to apply logic or make links between different areas of their learning to help them answer the questions. Generally, they were not willing to question their conceptions themselves, and would attempt to ask for the answer rather than choosing to explore it more deeply on their own.
\nWe employed the \u2018reasoning and evidence\u2019 questioning techniques steadily throughout the Autumn Term, encouraging the children to give deeper answers in the hope that they would become more confident in offering their opinions in front of others. Over time, a few of the children began to do just this, and the responses of their classmates became increasingly respectful and carefully considered. As a class, the children are developing the ability to bounce off each other\u2019s thoughts without completely changing the subject, although they still require support with the structuring of their conversations, e.g. \u2018I understand your idea but I disagree because\u2026\u2019.
\nIn conclusion, we have found that mindfully applying reasoning and evidence questioning to everyday conversation with the children has led to them becoming more autonomous in their thinking, which has been extremely satisfying to witness.<\/p>\n
Conclusion:
\n1. The children\u2019s ability to think openly and give reasons for their thoughts developed throughout the term.
\n2. The children became more able to bounce off each other\u2019s thoughts.
\n3. Structuring the conversations with prompts such as \u2018Why do you think that\u2026?\u2019, \u2018How do you know that\u2026?\u2019 often lead to the children questioning their previous ideas and laid misconceptions bare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ACTION RESEARCH: PUPIL EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING: AUTUMN 2017 Researcher: Mrs C Jackson and Mrs D Young: Minchinhampton Context: Year 1 Questioning (across the curriculum) Desired Outcomes: Children thinking deeply about their learning and applying reasoning to their thoughts. Evaluation: Initial evaluation: Pupil conferencing with six randomly chosen children, some previously high attaining in … Continue reading “Year 1 Questioning”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/actionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}