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@maibennett Oh I love this. Obvs there’s no right answer… it’s totally a function of (a) what the question was (hard? easy? up for reasonable debate?), (b) where the student is at in terms of knowledge and confidence (w. the material and their peers) and…On twitter.com
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@maibennett …(c) where your rapport is at with the student and the class. I definitely sometimes try a “softer” approach, and there are great specific recommendations in your replies already—I’m learning from them! BUT tbh I’m increasingly being more direct in telling people they’re just…Permalink On twitter.com
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@maibennett …wrong. It’s delicate, but I’ll do stuff like walk over and give the student a fist bump (or say “long distance high five”) and then ≈ “that’s wrong, but give me a sec and we’re gonna get it right.” or “I’m so glad you said that. That’s awesome. Not correct, but awesome.”Permalink On twitter.com
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@maibennett If it’s a hard question, I might really thank the student and then ask if anyone has a different answer to suggest with the aim of getting at least one more wrong answer to discuss. (Ok this became a thread, but I’ll stop after one more?)Permalink On twitter.com
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@maibennett Basically, the strategy is *ask enough hard enough questions in class that wrong answers are common* and *establish class norms and supportive rapport* so that you don’t have to ALWAYS do the delicate “OK that’s an interesting idea…”-style redirection game we all know and love.Permalink On twitter.com
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