ABSTRACT
Framing Discussion Carefully read the transcript excerpt below. In the excerpt, Mr. Sanchez is helping his fourth grade student brainstorm ideas for a paper on a Native American named Montezuma. e purpose of this support is to help the student generate ideas for both the paper and the ensuing discussion. Like whole group discussions, one-on-one interactions have predictable patterns with a beginning, middle, and end. e interaction below can be broken down into ve steps, including:
1. assessing the level of student understanding; 2. connecting the current problem to previous student experiences; 3. engaging students to apply their previous knowledge to extend and expand their
knowledge; 4. acknowledging or arming student thinking; 5. giving encouragement and/or suggesting how the student is accountable.
