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Methods and Strategies: Think-Alouds in Inquiry Science
Wed, Feb 17, 2016 1:22 PM
Highly Recommend!
This article highlights many efficient and effective ways to implement a think-aloud in the inquiry-based science classroom. Many students are unfamiliar with the inquiry process and this article is a great resource to introduce inquiry learning into the classroom as well as the think aloud, a strategy in which some students might be unfamiliar with as well. I appreciate that there are specific questions given in which teachers can ask their students in order to engage them in a think-aloud. This gives me an accurate account of what a true think-aloud looks like. This article offers a step-by-step way to implement a think-aloud to promote inquiry learning and can be great for novice teachers such as myself. When teachers try to implement a think-aloud I would recommend writing a list of questions they think will be asked or higher-order thinking questions that they can ask the students to encourage them to think more deeply. I do not think a think-aloud is something that can be implemented effectively without any planning. I think this article provides a great resource for teachers to use when planning to implement the think-aloud or even when using inquiry learning in the classroom. Although this article specifically targets fifth grade it is detailed enough to allow any teacher to modify it for his or her grade level.
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