Lecture on Analyzing Student Work and Graphing

Introduction to Student Work Analysis

Objective: Enhance teaching by analyzing student work to understand their thought process and learning.
Benefit: Teachers gain insights into students' understanding and can guide deeper learning.

Expression of Learning: Student work reflects their comprehension of taught concepts.
Feedback Loop: Analyzing work helps teachers improve their teaching practices.

Community Learning: Focus on both students and staff as learners.
Task: Create a bar graph to represent data.
- Task example: Graph data for different colored shirts ordered.

Introduction: Brief explanation of the task and data.
Silent Observation: Teachers observe student work silently.
Discussion Phase:
- Initial Observations:
  - Noticing different sets of numbers and scales.
  - Reflect on students’ choice of scales.
- Comments and Judgments:
  - Analyze the students' understanding of scale.
  - Discuss the impact of scale on data representation.
Feedback and Next Steps:
- Determine next teaching steps based on analysis.
- Focus on teaching the story aspect of graphing.

Vulnerability in Silence: Teachers remain silent while peers review their work to gain unbiased insight.
Graphing and Storytelling:
- Emphasis on graphs telling a story through scale and representation.
- Discussion on how graphs can change perceptions based on scale.

Concrete Feedback: Teachers receive actionable feedback and strategies.
Colleague Collaboration: Teachers value feedback and gain ideas from colleagues.
Student Conversations: Students learn from each other, enhancing understanding.

Growth Through Feedback: Initial hesitance turns to appreciation as teachers experience the benefits of peer feedback.
Graphing as a Narrative Tool: Encouraging students to think of graphs as stories that communicate more than just numbers.