Eliciting and “Working on Student Ideas”

"Anna now “goes to work on students’ ideas.” How does a teacher do this? In this case, Anna shows students a list of their own hypotheses (drawn from their models and initial explanations from the previous day). She asks them to take a stand on which sounds most reasonable, given their observations and what they know of science already. This sparks conversations that get students to compare and contrast hypotheses. It also generates talk about evidence. Anna has organizational routines too, that are worth paying attention to."