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Strategies for facilitating authentic learner-centered inquiry in the

active library classroom

Jill Markgraf

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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Periscope 1975

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Who has

XX Improv, Eau Claire, WI

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Practical strategies for:• Priming the discussion pump

• Authentic questioning

• Authentic listening

Flippedand Floundering?Flipped Building rapport

…quickly

Christina Wolff, Clear Water Comedy, Eau Claire, WI

Flippedand Floundering?Flipped Phatic communication

Point of origin*

High/low internal familiarity*

Tell stories

Use time before class

Use names

Look for hooks

*Zoller, Kendall, and Claudette Landry, The Choreography of Presenting: The 7 Essential Abilities of Effective Presenters. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2010.

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Students want to know how much you care before they care how much you know

Christensen, C. Roland. Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1991) 111.

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Activity!

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Closed question stemsDo you…Did you…Can you…Will you…Are you…Have you…What are…*

Open question stemsWhat are…*In what way…How…Why…What is there about…How do you know…

Adapted from Dantonio and Beizenherz, Learning to Question, Questioning to Learn, p. 139

Flippedand Floundering?Flipped Core questions

Cognitive operation

Question stems

Comparing/contrasting

How are ___ and ___ differentIn what way is ____ like ___

Observing What did you notice about…What did you observe when…

Recalling What do you recall about…Who is...What did you...

Evaluating How do you determine…

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Activity!

Flippedand Floundering?Flipped Outcomes based on ACRL Framework Knowledge

practices

Authority is Constructed and Contextual:Students will be able to define different types of authority, such as subject expertise, societal position, or special experience

Scholarship as Conversation:Students will be able to recognize that a given scholarly work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue

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http://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/frameworkBucknell University

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Awesome question…met with silence

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The experienced teacher will accept the answer given to an open question and build on itVan Ments, Morry, Active Talk: The Effective Use of Discussion in Learning (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990), 78.

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Nurturing the conversation

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Process Question stemsClarify/focus What do you mean by…

Say more/Explain.../Describe...What’s an example of...Why do you say/think...

Support What evidence do you have…How do you know...What makes you think...

Compare/Connect How is that like/different from…Who else noticed…

Hypothesize What would happen if…

Processing questions

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cc image “ear trumpet” courtesy of Eknath Gomphotherium on flickr

Authentic listening

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“It is the student response, not the teacher question, that illuminates the breadth and depth of student knowledge”

Dantonio, Marylou and Paul Beisenherz, Learning to Question, Questioning to Learn (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001), 43.

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SOURCESBrilliant Public Speaking, Films On Demand. 2010. http://digital .films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?

aid=4552&xtid=53231

Brookfield, Stephen D. and Stephen Preskill. Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Dantonio, Marylou, and Paul Beisenherz. Learning to Question, Questioning to Learn: Developing Effective Teacher Questioning Practices. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 2001

“Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ACRL). “ Bucknell University. Accessed April 29,2016. http://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/framework.

Markgraf, Jill, Kate Hinnant, Eric Jennings, and Hans Kishel. Maximizing the One-Shot: Connecting Library Instruction with the Curriculum. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Schiller, Nicholas. “Finding a Socratic Method for Information Literacy Instruction.” College & Undergraduate Libraries 15, nos. 1-2 (2008): 39–56.

Van Ments, Morry, Active Talk: The Effective Use of Discussion in Learning. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990.

Zoller, Kendall, and Claudette Landry, The Choreography of Presenting: The 7 Essential Abilities of Effective

Presenters. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2010.

Thank you!and speaking of questions…

Jill Markgraf