What evidence and research have I used to support my tool? Let's find out....

#8 Describe your process for developing hypotheses (what you read, who you talked with). Explain the hypotheses about teaching that you decided were MOST worth testing, and why.

As part of my research I looked into the NZ Curriculum as I thought this would be a good place to start as it runs through schools across the country and this means it will give me insights into expectations and hopefully give me a common understanding of where teachers across New Zealand are planning from. 
The 6 Reading Strategies that my tool focuses on are: 
- Visualising 
- Questioning / Clarifying 
- Predicting 
- Summarising
- Making Connections 
- Inferring 
From reading through the Curriculum it is clear that these elements come up across the different levels which supports the need for my tool. 

Another area of my research I feel supports my tool is the Key Competencies. Within my tool learners will be developing their ability to drive their own learning by practising things such as: 
- Reflecting on their goals and next steps (Managing self & Thinking ) 
- Collaborating with other learners and giving feedback (Relating to others) 
- Choosing which activities will support their learning (Using language, symbols and texts)
​-  Challenge themselves to take control of their learning and work with the teacher and others in the group to develop their reading strategies within small group workshops as well as independently (Participating and contributing) 

As well as the curriculum research, a big part of my tool will rely on intentional teaching where teachers will set up their lessons to have workshops with the learners. It will begin with the teacher modelling this approach where the learners will eventually be able to have conversations supported by their new vocabulary to learn with and from one another and give each other feedback.

I feel this is a big differentiation in my tool that I have not seen in other tools. Although Reciprocal Teaching is not a new approach, no other tool that i have found supports the learners with independent tasks that the learners can complete to practise the reading strategies when they are not working with an adult in the workshop. 

Based on the feedback from KPMG and my further research I am excited to finish my site in the next two weeks so I have a working prototype that I can use with the learners and get feedback to continue to refine. Continuing to grow my understanding of what a shared language could look like in Reading - Is it possible? Let's see.....