Spiral of inquiry

Today for ELT we discussed the Focussing stage of our spiral of inquiry. Some suggestions were that we can do LH observations,

ourselves ‘doing’ problem solving with our learners, PL on Utopic maths problem solving, conduct collaborative Safe to Fail Probes in iDevelop for term 2.

The remainder of the term is time to spend on the Focussing Phase.  There are two parts that must be completed:
1. A LH Safe to Fail Experiment;
2. Swivl of each LC facilitating a problem solving session

Our learning habitat came up with the following "Safe to fail probe for term 2:

LH1 SAFE to Fail Probe (not fail safe) - leading into our Spiral of Inquiry… Stage Groups for Maths Hub Day   Reflection on Maths hub day Our connections so far Predictions of progress intervention tracking Tell us what you think form
Name of Experiment	Open-ended Problem Solving
Name of Experimenters	John Dyer, Radha Moopanar, Priscilla Lavakula, Talia Morgan
Description of Experiment	Learners are given opportunities to engage in open-ended games and activities that are easy to follow LC’s spend less time giving instructions and unpacking prior to the problem, allowing more opportunity for learners to feed back each stage of their thought process. ***Team will make 3-5 problems that can be used and reflected on.  Swivled at least once.
Rationale for Experiment	To explore more deeply our noticings from the Scanning phase in order to identify:   What’s going to cause the greatest impact?’   What are our strengths  in this area?  How can we build on these?  What does our focus need to be? What do we need to do more of/more often?’
Indications of Success	Learners talking more and driving discussions during problem solving and sharing their reasoning and thinking with others Learning coaches are facilitating and noticing learner conversations throughout the problem solving activities
Indications of Failure	Same learners doing all the talking Learning coaches doing all the talking
Amplification Strategy (scale it)	Identify what activities work the best and amplify those throughout the learners in the habitat.
Recovery / Dampening strategy (stop it!)	Minimise the activities that didn’t work so well and put a few more boundaries and restrictions in place
Actions	Responsibility for Actions
	Each LC trials a time/strategy for instructions - 2 minutes at beginning and more at end or more often throughout. LC’s feedback about what is working for each other to find the most suitable way