Explore the anchor and create a group statement of the problem. Receive modeling of strategies related to problem finding or identification of learning needs. If time allows, identify further learning issues to be explored. Spend last ten minutes of class getting questions for problem logs. Receive modeling of selected strategies.
Students get assignments for problem logs in last ten minutes.
Gather more data if necessary. Generate an action plan, and decide how the group will present it. Again, students receive questions to write about in their logs. Students write individual reflections on the problems in their logs. Three trained raters who are all blind to the subjects' treatment assignments will be instructed to assign point values to each essay on the basis of a holistic rating of the essay.