See how fifth-graders are supported to provide meaningful feedback on each other’s developing explanatory models. Through a gallery walk, written sticky note feedback, and time for consideration of feedback, students have opportunities to consider whether and how they might revise their models.
Key to an intellectually generative gallery walk is divergent thinking – rich and diverse models encompassing varied ideas and ways of reasoning. Being exposed to others’ reasoning, and receiving feedback on their own, can help students expand their sensemaking and experiences of what it means to participate in science.
Check out this research article on peer feedback in science: Tasker, T. Q., & Herrenkohl, L. R. (2016). Using peer feedback to improve students’ scientific inquiry. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 27, 35-59.
How science investigations can expand beyond standard classroom activities
Tips for co-creating “gotta have” checklists with students
Several examples of sixth-grade students interacting with each other’s reasoning as they work to make sense of how sound travels.
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