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From https://www.edutopia.org/article/ramping-student-performance

Mark Wise summarizes several mid-lesson techniques for encouraging student inquiry, including introducing new information in the middle of a lesson so that students must adjust their opinions, incorporating formative assessment throughout the lesson, and allowing time for self-reflection., For example, he says, "in a Spanish class, prior to a 'speed dating' activity in which students have successive conversations centered on a topic like immigration, the class can review an interpersonal rubric while the teacher sets expectations about what she’s looking for during the activity, such as comprehensibility and vocabulary use. Midway through the activity, the teacher pauses and offers students time to reflect on how well they are being understood, sustaining the conversation, and incorporating recently introduced vocabulary. Students then set new individual goals before resuming the activity. This opportunity to pause, reflect, and set new goals against the desired criteria enables students to make improvements in their language form and function."

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