Hypothesizing It’s Not Just for

Science Anymore!

Seminole County Public SchoolsInstructional Excellence & Equity

“Light”

“Light,” Stay Curious PBS video, 1:01, 2000, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmcPoM78e2g

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Lesson Segment: Addressing ContentDesign Question: 4

What will I do to help students generate and test hypotheses?

During the process, students will go through different stages of emotions. They might feel uncertainty as they begin, optimism when they select a project, then confusion or frustration when they’ve gathered a lot of information and don’t know where to go with it. As they begin to sift through the information, they gain a sense of clarity and direction and begin formulating and executing the project. By the end of the process, they’ll have a sense of satisfaction or disappointment on the outcome of their presentation.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/

LEARNING IS MESSY!

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Investigation

Experimental Inquiry

Problem Solving

Invention

Generate & Test

Hypotheses

SystemAnalysis

DecisionMaking

“Inquiry in PE: What it Looks Like,” Calgary Science School Video, 3:10.http://calgaryscienceschool.blogspot.com/search/label/inquiry

To what extent does training affect performance?

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Experimental Inquiry

Explain the results and your conclusions.

Examine the results in light of the original prediction.

Design an experiment to test the predictions.

Make a prediction based on observations.

CriteriaChoosing A Cell Phone Carrier

Cell-O-Rama Talk A lot

CellularCell Phones Unlimited

Plan Cost

Monthly Minutes• # Minutes • Overage Charges• Long Distance

Messaging• # Messages • Overage Charges

Data• # GBytes• Overage Charges

Decision Making• Identify Alternatives

• Determine Criteria on which Alternatives will be Judged.

• Predict which will be the Best Alternative

• Complete the Decision Making Task

• Determine Best Alternative based on Decision Matrix

• Contrast Findings with Original Predictions & Support Conclusions.

World Peace Games – 4th Grade

John Hunter, “World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements Trailer,” World Peace Game Foundation video, 8:31, 2009. http

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Problem Solving

Define the Problem

Identify New Context or Constraint

Predict Impact to

Results

Test the Prediction

Report Results with Constructed Supports

Solving a Problem in a new context or with a constraint

Let Them Be Curious!

“Turning Curiosity Into Science,” AP Students College Board video, 1:02, 2013, https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/exploreap/what-it-takes/student-voices/turning-curiosity-into-a-science[Neither the School Board of Seminole County, Florida nor any of its schools approves, endorses, or sponsors the format and content of this site.]

Investigation

Historical Investigations

• Answering questions about what really happened.

• Why did “x” happen?

Projective Investigations

• What would happen if…?

Definitional Investigations

• What are the important features of…?

• What are the defining characteristics of…?

Testing Hypothesis about past, present or future events

Outcomes of DQ4:

By generating and testing a hypothesis, students are applying their conceptual understanding (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).

Want to learn more about DQ4?

Cluster PD

Visit us on the Instructional Model & Evaluation Webpage and click on the

Learning Opportunities tab.

http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/insteval/LearningOpportunities.aspx

District PD

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