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Responding When Students Don't Get It
Author(s) -
Fisher Douglas,
Frey Nancy,
Lapp Diane
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.54.1.6
Subject(s) - metacognition , psychology , mathematics education , cognition , pedagogy , cognitive psychology , neuroscience
When students make mistakes, have misconceptions, or are simply wrong, how their teachers respond either builds new skills and understanding or reinforces errors. An intentional approach to responding when students don't get it includes questions to check for understanding, prompts for cognitive and metacognitive work, cues to divert attention, and direct explanations.