Question 2: Uncovering the tacit mental moves - Revision history

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	=== Bottleneck writing tour ===		=== Bottleneck writing tour ===
	A reflective writing process with rounds of reiterative writing about the bottleneck and the mental move.<ref>Lahm, S. (2016).''Writing in teaching: Tools for instructors''. UTB Barbara Budrich.</ref> This process uses a series of prompts focused on [[Step 1 - Identify a Bottleneck to Learning\|Step 1 Identify the Bottlenecks]] and Step 2 Uncover the Tacit Reasoning of the Specialist. It works well when Decoding in large groups and self-directed teams. The final question brings in the interlocutor(s).		A [[Decoding as a writing process\|reflective writing process]] with rounds of reiterative writing about the bottleneck and the mental move.<ref>Lahm, S. (2016).''Writing in teaching: Tools for instructors''. UTB Barbara Budrich.</ref> This process uses a series of prompts focused on [[Step 1 - Identify a Bottleneck to Learning\|Step 1 Identify the Bottlenecks]] and Step 2 Uncover the Tacit Reasoning of the Specialist. It works well when Decoding in large groups and self-directed teams. The final question brings in the interlocutor(s).

	=== Concept or mindmapping or flow charting ===		=== Concept or mindmapping or flow charting ===

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	'''Uncovering the tacit mental moves''' is the second step of the [[Decoding the Disciplines]] process. Colloquially the second step is sometimes also referred to as "Decoding" because many perceive it as the central step of Decoding the Disciplines.		'''Uncovering the tacit mental moves''' is the second step of the [[Decoding the Disciplines]] process. Colloquially the second step is sometimes also referred to as "Decoding" because many perceive it as the central step of Decoding the Disciplines.

	There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves\|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the [[Decoding interview\|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process\|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks\|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The ~~advantages~~ of these “flash" techniques is that they are efficient and effective while being fun!		There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves\|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the [[Decoding interview\|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process\|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks\|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantage of these “flash" techniques is that they are efficient and effective while being fun!

	All of the various ''Decoding'' techniques involve conversation with an interlocutor, preferably one from a different discipline.		All of the various ''Decoding'' techniques involve conversation with an interlocutor, preferably one from a different discipline.

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	There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves\|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the [[Decoding interview\|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process\|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks\|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantages of these “flash" techniques is that they are efficient and effective while being fun!		There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves\|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the [[Decoding interview\|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process\|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks\|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantages of these “flash" techniques is that they are efficient and effective while being fun!

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	All of the various ''Decoding'' techniques involve conversation with an interlocutor, preferably one from a different discipline.		All of the various ''Decoding'' techniques involve conversation with an interlocutor, preferably one from a different discipline.

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	'''Uncovering the tacit mental moves''' is the second step of the [[Decoding the Disciplines]] process. Colloquially the second step is sometimes also referred to as "Decoding" because many perceive it as the central step of Decoding the Disciplines.		'''Uncovering the tacit mental moves''' is the second step of the [[Decoding the Disciplines]] process. Colloquially the second step is sometimes also referred to as "Decoding" because many perceive it as the central step of Decoding the Disciplines.

	There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves\|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the [[Decoding interview\|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process\|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks\|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantages of these “flash		There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves\|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the [[Decoding interview\|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process\|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks\|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantages of these “flash" techniques is that they are efficient and effective while being fun!

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-'''Uncovering the tacit mental moves''' is the second step of the [[Decoding the Disciplines]] process.
+'''Uncovering the tacit mental moves''' is the second step of the [[Decoding the Disciplines]] process. Colloquially the second step is sometimes also referred to as "Decoding" because many perceive it as the central step of Decoding the Disciplines.
-There’s a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the  [[Decoding interview|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref>Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantages of these “flash
+There is a variety of techniques to “decode” the [[Mental moves|mental move]] of the specialist, besides the  [[Decoding interview|interview]], to “flash” techniques which include analogies and game mechanics, the bottleneck [[Decoding as a writing process|writing tour]], concept/mind mapping or flow charting, 3-d modeling with playdough or other simple materials, and rubric building, to name a few.<ref name=":1">Middendorf, J., & Shopkow, L. (2017). ''[[Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks|Overcoming student learning bottlenecks: Decode the critical thinking of your discipline]]''. Stylus Publishing, LLC.</ref> The advantages of these “flash
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-All of the various''Decoding'' techniques involve conversation with an interlocutor, preferably one from a different discipline.
+== Alternative Decoding techniques (aka Flash Decoding) ==
 While the second step of the[[Decoding the Disciplines]] model privileges the interview, a memorable and reliable step, it has a few drawbacks. Limitations of Decoding interviews include:
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 # Interviews are time consuming. When only one specialist can be interviewed at a time and some ''Decoding'' groups as large as 100 needing to uncover their mental moves, there’s not enough time or staff to conduct the interviews. Flash ''Decoding'' offers a potent short-cut to uncover the often-invisible mental moves of educators. Alternate forms of ''Decoding'' give us that “flash” of insight that helps us uncover implicit mental processing so they can be brought to the forefront and scaffolded for the students”<ref name=":0">Middendorf, J., & Mondelli, V. (in press.) "[[Flash Decoding with analogies and game mechanics: Alternatives to the Decoding interview]].” Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal.</ref>
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+=== Analogies ===
-One of the most powerful alternative techniques for Decoding is through analogies, metaphors, and narrative stories, although for brevity, we refer to all these as “analogies”. Analogies are inferential frameworks that help novices or students learn new ideas because they can transfer something they know in one domain to a different or new domain (Jones, Lynam, Perez, & Leitch, 2011).
+To come up with an analogy, it helps to consider the characteristics of a good analogy. It must be from outside the target field because the new context helps see the characteristics of the analogy (and thus the characteristics of the mental move). What is this kind of thinking? What is the DOING? Where does it fit in [[Middendorf’s Revised Bloom’s Typology|Bloom’s typology]]? Is it remembering, paraphrasing, applying, analyzing, evaluating, or creating?<ref name=":1" /> Once we have classified the type of mental move, we’re ready to look for a new context, the analogic context.
 The prompts for finding an analogy, are, “What is this kind of thinking '''like'''?” and “Where have I seen this mental move before?” When placing the mental move in a new context, be sure the new context is relatable to students or your audience.
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 A reflective writing process with rounds of reiterative writing about the bottleneck and the mental move.<ref>Lahm, S. (2016).''Writing in teaching: Tools for instructors''. UTB Barbara Budrich.</ref> This process uses a series of prompts focused on [[Step 1 - Identify a Bottleneck to Learning|Step 1 Identify the Bottlenecks]] and Step 2 Uncover the Tacit Reasoning of the Specialist. It works well when Decoding in large groups and self-directed teams. The final question brings in the interlocutor(s).
-'''[PETER--Do you want to add a link that shows the basic Bottleneck Writing Tour Questions as here?:  '''
+=== Concept or mindmapping or flow charting ===
 Ask the specialist to make a concept/mind map or flow chart of the mental move and explain in words (a think-aloud) as they draw it. Be sure to write down what they say.
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 === Game mechanics ===
 “At the heart of designing an ''educational'' game, the instructor considers which mental moves to center the game around. What kind of thinking do we want students to practice in the game? To do so, just as when flash ''Decoding'' with analogies, we start from a bottleneck—where do students struggle to understand? What kind of thinking will this entail? How does flash ''Decoding'' with game mechanics work? Choose a bottleneck in your course where students repeatedly struggle. These days, we can ask Chat GPT to brainstorm the reasoning an expert uses to get through the bottleneck. Then we can ask Chat GPT to build a game.”<ref name=":0" />
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	'''Middendorf, J.''', & Mondelli, V. (in press.) “Flash Decoding with analogies and game mechanics: Alternatives to the Decoding interview.” Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal.

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

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	== Alternatives to the ~~Interview-aka Flash ''~~Decoding~~'' ==~~

			'''Middendorf, J.''', & Mondelli, V. (in press.) “Flash Decoding with analogies and game mechanics: Alternatives to the Decoding interview.” Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal.

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

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	== Alternatives to the Interview ==		== Alternatives to the Interview-aka Flash ''Decoding'' ==
	aka Flash Decoding

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==