Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi
How do we as teachers respond to incorrect answers? I like the % method, but there are others….
Well, that is 70% correct Martin. Can we work on the missing 60%? No? Anyone care to add to Martins answer?
Ok. Martin suggested ‘abc.’ What does group B think?
If I give you another 10s to think about, would you change your answer?
Really, why do you think that Martin?…. Really, I hadn’t thought of that.
His answer could of course, just be wrong. So….
How about I get back to you after a few other suggestions and see if you still think the same thing?
What feedback do you give to wrong answers?
One method I use to encourage discussion is to give them say 30 seconds/1 min to think of own answer. Then I ask them to discuss it with person next to them for similar time. Next I ask the pair to discuss with another pair on table behind/front etc. They must come up with a consensus answer & any one of the group can be asked for feedback. All engaged & collaborating & usually wrong answers have been ironed out by the pupils’ own discussions. (I can’t take credit however… it’s a useful Kagan structure which I have found easy to adopt!)
@Davestacey replied
@KristianStill I often throw it open – how many people agree? Then – are there any other answers? Opens up conv about why answer was wrong.
@ yzfreeman replied
@KristianStill #wronganswers “Good try. How did you come to that answer? can you think it through again/differently?”
Hey,
i believe that on a creative course and when asking questions of interpretation and opinion there is no such as a wrong answer.
in fact there is.
its when the student is just regurgatating what they think i want to hear.
just becuase they don’t say what im expecting doesnt mean its wrong, as long as they have a reason for what they say.
an exercise I do is,
i explain that when dealing with a creative brief there is no wrong response, as long as it meants the brief.
i might not like their interpretation, but as long as they can explain their creative choices than that is what is important.
I get them to draw 4AM and Happiness. they have 5 minutes.
after the 5 minutes, i draw in bold letters 4 A M, and then i draw a very basic smiley face.
I get them all to stand up.
i tell any of them that drew the same as i did to sit down.
anybody still standing i tell them that they failed the activity.
they are disappointed.
i then ask how could they fail when i just told them their wasnt a right or wrong answer.
finally most of them get it.
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