Audio or Videotape an All-class Discussion
Tape a science discussion. (Place the recorder or camera so that it will pick up both your voice and the students’ voices.) After class, listen to sections of the tape (3-5 minutes worth). Can you catch yourself using strategies that encourage students to co-construct ideas? Does encouraging students to talk to each other and connect ideas change the nature of the discussion?
Identify a question or dilemma that arose from your independent study and your experience in the classroom. Plan to talk about your experience in the study group. You may want to identify a short interchange from the tape (~30 seconds) to share during the study group meeting.
