Researched-Based Strategies: Generating and Testing Hypotheses

The PowerPoint quiz did not support the generating and testing hypotheses strategy because instead of the teacher creating opportunities to guide students through the process of asking good questions, generating hypotheses and predictions, investigating through testing or research, making observations, and finally analyzing and communicating results; we were just given the directions to go off of. We were not given the opportunity to go through these steps of generating and testing a hypothesis. This activity could be modified to reflect the generating and testing hypotheses strategy, by creating opportunities that allow the students to recognize patterns in their findings. Show the students how to transform raw data into graphs or other visual representations that will help them see patterns and make connections. If students are able to make connections from the quiz to other projects that they have done, it will make more sense and mean more to them.