book group meets

We talked about chapter 4



What do we do to generate and test hypotheses about new knowledge?



*students should be engaged in tasks that require them to experiment with knowledge - they must generate and test hypotheses about the new knowledge



* generating and testing hypotheses involve porviding support for a conclusion - constitutes a foundational skill for generating and testing hypotheses.



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STATISTICAL INFERENCES

* expectation of students to understand general guidelines regarding the use of data to support claim



ACTION STEPS:



1. Teach students about Effective support using grounds, backers & Qualifiers



grouinds - claims must be supported

backing - explain and discuss the claims

qualifier - exceptions to the claims should be identified