Critical Incidents
What did I observe?
What inferences can I make based on those
observations?
Under what conditions would...
or
How might I alter the situation to see if...
What do I now understand about learning/this
learner/this situation?
| • Experience / Observation |
What happened? What did I observe? |
| • Analysis |
What issues/tensions am I dealing with?
What assumptions
does this observation reveal? |
| • Hypothesis / Testing |
What if...?
Supposing that...?
What should I now try? |
| • So What? |
What do I now understand?
What is that useful or important?
How does this help me think about my teaching differently? |
| What did I observe? |
What inferences can I make?
What
assumptions does this observation reveal?
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What should I now try? |
How did the learners respond? |
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