PDSA Spring 2024

Honelako gehiago

What is science?

by Nada Amin

How To Use the IDEAL Problem Solving Template

by Thomas Teepe

How To Use the IDEAL Problem Solving Template

by Thomas Teepe

WHAT IS ATTITUDE?

by Nurul Asyiqin Jaafar

PDSA Spring 2024

Study

Was the goal met?

Observations

Revisions to be Made

Went Well

Surprising

Do

Final Decision

Science teachers will adapt explanation assessments to allow students to select the "best" evidence from a range of options rather than writing evidence from scratch. This will remove barriers relating to low writing skills, allowing students to demonstrate their ability to identify supporting evidence. Each science teacher will administer an adapted assessment and bring student work samples to the next PDSA meeting.

Subtopic

Strategies to Address Need

Department Brainstorm

Explanation "Construction"

Rubric for Evaluating Evidence

Identifying Evidence Strength Out of Scientific Context (Practice, Review)

Two Competing Hypotheses

Accuracy and Precision

Given evidence, identify supporting, refuting, etc.

CER

iReady Strategies

Inferences

Text Evidence + Background Knowledge = Inference

Evaluate Text Evidence

"The text says ___ and ____, so I can conclude ___."

"The text says ___ to I know ____."

Given paired evidence and conclusions, identify strong and weak support.

Model Making Inferences

Combining Text Evidence

Graphic Organizer

Label Paragraphs

Underline Key Ideas

Read Aloud

Prompt Stems

What does ___ mean as it is used in this paragraph?

Find and write down a sentence from the passage that supports this statement...

Which of the following best explains why...

Select three pieces of evidence that best support this statement.

Use details from the passage to support your answer...

Which detail from the article best supports...

Plan

Specify Desired Outcome

The number of students who meet standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 will significantly increase on the EOY iReady Exam.

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Structure of Argument

Reasoning

Evidence

Claim

Distinguish between explicit and inferred

Identify valid relevant evidence

Identify Need

Informational Text Domains

9: Seminal Documents

8: Evaluate Reasoning

7: Analyzing Accounts

6: Point of View

5: Structure

4: Word Meaning

3: Sequence & Connections

2: Objective Summary

1: Citing Evidence

Examine iReady Data