Generating+and+Testing+Hypothesis

**"Now that I've made this prediction, how accurate did it turn out to be?"**
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====The Strategy of generating and testing hypothesis includes systems analysis, invention, experimental inquiry, decision making, and problem solving. ====

3. Develop logical conclusions.
====The strategy involves the use of knowledge in any subject area. It requires students to apply knowledge and use high level thinking skills by asking questions about what they know, finding ways to test those questions, and then explaining the conclusions they have come to reach. Many teachers use the generating and testing hypothesis strategy to help guide students through the process of asking good questions, generating hypotheses and predictions, investigating through testing or research, making observations and analyzing and communicating skills. ==== ===="By generating and testing hypothesis, students are applying their conceptual understanding," says Marzano, Pickering & Pollock, 2011. ==== media type="youtube" key="UCJbrfIUnAI" height="349" width="560" align="center"

**Examples:**

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Instructors should use several structured task to help better guide students through the strategy of Generating and Testing Hypothesis: =====

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This strategy can be used in all subjects of teaching. An example for a Middle School teacher may be to ask her English students what predictions they have for the outcome and actions of the characters in a short story the class is reading. As the class gets more in depth with the story they can then review what they had thought the characters where going to be like versus how the characters turned out to be. =====

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An example of a History teacher asking the class to write a prediction such as, "What would the world be like today if the we had lost World War II to the Germans and Hitler?" Students will then predict and investigate the feasibility of the predictions and write a persuasive essay, stating these predictions and thoughts. =====

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Students can also create a graph for generating and testing hypotheses. Students can use a set of data and create a graph to visualize and test their predictions. =====

**Affectiveness:**
This strategy is affective for several reasons. When a student makes up a good question thus makes for a better hypothesis. The strategy teaches students how to frame a good question. It also encourages students to explain their hypotheses or predictions aloud. This then will prompt students to explain their understanding of underlying concepts, which will then give the instructor a view of the students understanding.

The Generating and Testing Hypothesis will be affective for students due to helping students recognize patterns in their findings. It is important for the instructor to ask questions throughout the process to the students and challenge them to give a brief summary of their reasoning and results.

Research shows that asking students to explain their predictions and conclusions in a variety of communication enhances their learning.