Analyzing & Interpreting

Organize ideas and sort and display data using pictures, drawings, tables, charts, graphs, etc., read and describe data in graphs, charts, tables, etc.

Notice and name application of skills acquired in other subject areas (e.g., retelling in language; use of graphs, charts and tables) to display data in mathematics).

Prompt students to read the information in graphs, charts, tables, etc., created by other students.

Describe findings, identify patterns in the data and suggest explanations for discrepancies in the data

Notice and name application of skills acquired in other subject areas (e.g., comprehension strategies such as summarizing in language; reasoning and proving and patterning in mathematics; use of critical thinking skills).

Prompt thinking about connections to prior knowledge and/or to learning from other inquiries.

Construct meaning from data on the basis of evidence and in light of the original inquiry question

Work with students to find patterns in their data (e.g., “When you look at these groups of objects, what characteristics do the objects that float have in common?” “What do you see about the pattern of germination for our seeds?”).

Evaluate the inquiry procedure, explain changes that could be made to improve it, and give reasons for the changes

Prompt students to make suggestions for improvements to their inquiry methods (e.g., “Did the inquiry go as you thought? Why/why not? What would you do differently next time?”).

Have further wonderings and questions from the patterns, discrepancies, information, and findings from their current inquiry and the inquiries of others

Notice and name application of skills and attitudes acquired in other subject areas (e.g., questioning skills, attitudes related to curiosity in all areas).

Encourage questions and ask “how can we find out?”