Accessibility in the sense used here is primarily about language and contexts, rather than content.\u00a0 A prompt that addresses unfamiliar content knowledge may still be appropriate so long as the language and context are clear.\u00a0 For instance, “About how many plates does Earth have?” may address content with which students have no experience. Even with an “I don\u2019t know” answer, this prompt may be useful.\u00a0 The response quickly informs the teacher or researcher that plate tectonics is likely unfamiliar territory.\u00a0 And because “plates” is probably the only term in the prompt that students may have trouble defining, this knowledge deficiency likely the one that leads to the “I don\u2019t know” response.<\/p>\n
Consider the following prompts with respect to language:<\/p>\n
\u201dDo plants respire in the dark? Why or why not?\u201c<\/em> versus \u201dDo plants need energy when it\u2019s dark? Why or why not?\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n The first prompt could present a barrier to eliciting student ideas.\u00a0 Students may not yet know the word respire and thus this prompt might fail to elicit a response that reveals the student’s thinking.\u00a0 Alternatively, students might interpret it as a reference to the breathing of air, and resulting responses would likely steer the discussion away from the targeted concept.\u00a0 In either case, the wording of this prompt may keep it from eliciting students\u2019 ideas about whether plants need energy in the dark.\u00a0 The language in the second prompt is more accessible to students.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Accessibility in the sense used here is primarily about language and contexts, rather than content.\u00a0 A prompt that addresses unfamiliar content knowledge may still be appropriate so long as the language and context are clear.\u00a0 For instance, “About how many… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":98,"menu_order":43400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/373"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/atlast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}