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KAT Talk, Spring 2000 Notes About the Centerfold Lesson: What I learned about School Violence and Local Government KAI' teachers already know how important it is for students to be assessing and reflecting as they go along; these important activities should not be confined to the end of a KAI' project. Questions that we know we'll want to ask at the end of a project can also serve to guide students as they research, analyze and problem-solve their way there. These guiding questions should focus on both content and process. They should not only involve discrete information, they should also tap higher level thinking. Among the categories of questions KAT teachers want to consider are those that deal with the specific public policy issue studied—its background, causes, impact—and those that focus on local government and responsible civic behavior—who, how, why, etc. Using the KAT issue of school violence, selected by 7th graders at Bala Cynwyd Middle School, and by. Thomas, Penn Treaty, and Fitzsimons Middle Schools in Philadelphia, and by other schools across the state this year, we offer two companion lessons to help guide students in making the most of their reflection and assessment work. Centerfold Lesson 1
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