Design and Administration:
Select A & D Statements that focus on specific concepts and skills that students will encounter in the curriculum. Develop statements that can lead to inquiry with hands-on materials, books, videos, or other information sources. Students should first be given the opportunity to respond to the FACT individually. Then, have students discuss their ideas in small groups, coming to consensus on whether they agree with the statement while noting any disagreements among group members. After they have had time to consider each others' ideas and design a way to further test or research information, allow time for small groups to investigate the statements as exploratory activities. These activities provide a common experience for whole-class discussion aimed at resolving discrepancies between students' initial ideas and discoveries made during their explorations. The teacher should listen carefully as the class shares its findings, building off the students' ideas to provide guidance and clarification that will help students accommodate new understandings.