Indeed they would. And that's why it's so important to ask follow-up
questions to clarify. And THAT is one of the biggest things lacking in
scripted programs, I think. Unless a teacher is ready, willing, and
able to deviate from the script, all questions are directed toward
getting the students to give the ""right answer"" that the script
demands.
Renee
On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Palmer, Jennifer wrote:
I agree Renee. What I often do is spend a little time talking about
our purpose for reading first and letting that guide the discussion
... I think it was Kylie Beers that uses the example of a text that is
a description of a beautiful home. An interior decorator, a real
estate agent and a thief, all would find different things in the text
to be important because their purposes for reading would be quite
different.
"The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits
of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does
at the top of the mountain, or in the petals of a flower."
~ Robert Pirsig ~ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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