Participants 5
Applying Evidence-Based Learning: Scenario
Teacher Evie is concerned about her students’ participation. She has noticed that a few students seem to be participating all the time, while she never hears from other students. She asks coach Henry to observe a lesson and record which students participate.
Evie meets with Henry to review the data. Evie notices that, not only are five students participating more than the others, some students never participate. And, the students who have higher participation rates have higher scores on the previous two mastery tests. Henry reviews the Use Individual Turns practice with Evie who implements the practice as her improvement action.
The following week, Evie and Henry discuss how Evie has implemented Use Individual Turns. She shares that she has used sticks with student names on them to increase student participation, and that she put sticks with the students who never participate in twice so they will have a higher rate of participation. She has noticed a shift in the classroom in terms of who is participating. When they review the week’s mastery test data, the students who were participating least before all demonstrated increased scores.
Principal Charlotte highlights Evie’s progress in her school professional conversation. She asks Evie to share what she noticed, how she addressed it, and the impact on her classroom. Charlotte praises Evie for her learning, and the connection to student mastery. She encourages other teachers to take Evie’s idea to increase participation and apply it to their own classrooms.