The
co-construction that is portrayed in the video was well received by both the
teacher and students. Though this was not my own class (as I am no longer in
the classroom as a teacher at this point), but I previously worked with this
class to co-construct a unit organizer. Because the students had at least seen
me in their classroom before, they were somewhat comfortable with working with
me. The students were attentive during the co-construction, but I did have to
provide some guiding questions along the way to get them to provide responses.
Though the time period for this co-construction took longer than I intended (or
is recommended), it appeared as if the students found this activity worthwhile as
they referenced it later in the class period as they were completing practice/review
work on the concepts.
I believe if I worked with these students more frequently or these students were a part of my own class, they would be more familiar with the routine and working with me so the process would have moved quicker, thus reduced the amount of time for the co-construction.
I believe if I worked with these students more frequently or these students were a part of my own class, they would be more familiar with the routine and working with me so the process would have moved quicker, thus reduced the amount of time for the co-construction.