Blog Number one- This is the first blog for the semester. I am glad to have a blog to share with other’s in the class and hear their ideas as well.
Out of the five talk moves the one that I find the most interesting is ‘repeating.’ The reason that I find this most interesting is because I believe that a great way for students to learn is through their peers. I have always found that when a student is told an instruction by a teacher and they have some confusion but ask a peer it can sometimes can make more sense coming from a peer because it is put into their “own words” and easier for them to understand. I also think that this talk move stood out to me the most because myself as a student would not always hear the direction or information that was being said the first time and I would need it to be repeated. When I would raise my hand to ask my teacher I sometimes got in trouble because they thought that I was not listening. That was not the case, I was listening I just needed to hear it more than once for it to really sink in. By a teacher asking another student to repeat it, it gives the students a chance (like me) who may need to hear something more than once an out, they will not have to ask themselves but they will still receive the information.
Challenges or obstacles that can occur from the talk move that I chose (repeating) is that after awhile students can start to take advantage of this and may not be listening at all because they know that it is going to get repeated by another student, this poses as a challenge. An obstacle that could occur as well is if a student that is called on to repeat is not listening, they will not know what to repeat. Lastly, a challenge that this poses as well is if a student does not understand the math concept that is being taught and therefore has no idea how to repeat or even understand what is being said because they cannot comprehend it as they are struggling. That I believe is one of the biggest challenges.
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ReplyDeleteCandice, I completely agree that you look like you are not listening when you ask for something to be repeated. I still feel this way in some of our classes and also in my everyday life in conversations! I think that repeating is an extremely important skill to have because one (including the teacher) might seem like they are being very clear but the interpretation of any message is based on the receiver. It is great to get students and teachers in the habit of repeating because it helps to clarify any confusion.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that if all of the talk moves are taught to students, they will have more tools for clarification rather than just repeating. I know that many times I have avoided using the repeating tool because I do not want it to appear that I am not listening, leaving me confused. I think that if I was taught revoicing, I would have avoided many instances when I chose not to use repeating. As teachers, I believe it is important to give our students as many tools as possible because every learner is different and something that I think works very well might not work for another individual.