PROCESS PHASE
Once students have accessed new content, the question becomes: how do they deepen their understanding and develop the capacity to think independently?
This is the PROCESS phase - where students actively engage with content through reflection, discussion, practice, and sense-making. This is also where your ...
During the PROCESS phase, teachers are asking:
What reflection questions am I asking to help students process their thinking?
Strategic questions don't just check for understanding - they teach students how to think about their own thinking. When teachers model metacognitive routines, they're building students' ...
When teachers amplify during PROCESS, they're building students' capacity to engage with rigorous content independently - not doing the thinking for them, but teaching them how to do the thinking themselves.
For example:
Instead of simplifying discussion prompts or avoiding collaborative work because students are ...
Here's what happens when PROCESS strategies work well: multilingual learners don't just access content - they own it. They develop the language, the thinking strategies, and the confidence to engage with complex ideas independently.
When PROCESS strategies fall short, one of two things happens: either students ...
In our work with districts, the PROCESS phase is where teachers learn to shift from making content comprehensible FOR students to teaching students how to make content comprehensible for THEMSELVES.
This is where they learn to:
Structure discourse that builds both thinking and language Teach ...
