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CM
Without quality instruction
curriculum is just a BOOK
Gifted students are like
experts in their
preference for inquiry
James Gallagher
Ted Parsons
Classroom Interaction Analysis
Teacher T A M A A A T T M A A
Student T T A T
T = Talk
A = Ask
M = Manage
Ted Parson’s Classroom Interaction Analysis
1stLevel
Look Who’s
Talking?
Tracking
EVERY
Sentence
Spoken
Ted Parson’s Classroom Interaction Analysis
1stLevel
Look Who’s
Talking?
Tracking
EVERY
Sentence
Spoken
Let’s take a Look…
2nd
Levels of Analysis
CT
CM
4
Levels of Questions
ET
DT
1 Cognitive
Memory
CM
Student: Mercury.
Convergent
Thinking
Student: $.22
Judgment
value
and
choice
using
meaningful
criteria
ET Evaluative Thinking
Thinking
Evalua%ng(
Analyzing(
Applying(
Understanding(
Remembering(
Divergent Thinking DT
Crea%ng(
Analyzing(
CT Convergent Thinking
Applying(
Understanding(
CM Cognitive Memory
Remembering(
Gallagher’s Productive Questioning
What
Proportion
of Each
Would You
Expect?
Draw it!
Study
1
1 Social Studies Teacher
5 Consecutive Days
1 Hour Each
Self-Contained Classroom
of Gifted Students
Convergent Thinking
22%
Cognitive Memory
52%
Evaluative Thinking
20%
Divergent Thinking
6%
Study
2
10 Teachers of the Gifted
Self-Contained Classes
5 Subjects
3 Hours Each
Classification of Teacher Questions:
Percent of Questions in Each Category
CT ET
Identify Applying
Criteria Criteria
Relationship between
Convergent (Critical) Thinking
and
Evaluative Thinking
CM CT ET
CM CT ET DT
CT ET CM DT
Sequencing
DT CM CT ET
Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
Generalization?
Explanation?
Information?
Student 1 Student 2 Student 3
Generalization?
Explanation?
Information?
Teachers
Follow
Students
G A L Principle
ift
sk
ather
Principle
L ift Summary
Evaluate
Conceptualize
A sk
Compare/Contrast
Inconsistency/Error
Classify/Patterns/Themes
Perspective
Clarification
G ather Accuracy
Example
Evidence
(Infer)
Hilda Taba, Goddess of Questioning
Is Spain in Africa?
That’s right!
Annie is right!
Let’s take a Look…
Taba’s Research:
Students with teachers trained in
her strategies showed...