Instructional Strategy: Mind Bender – eb support

Provide visual examples of a completed Mind Bender response. Use pictures, diagrams, and a word bank with key vocabulary to support understanding. Allow students to gesture, draw, or point to show their thinking.

Allow students to talk with a partner before writing to process ideas verbally. Provide simple sentence stems such as “I used to think ___.” or “Now I think ___.”

Challenge students to explain how their thinking changed by providing an example or describing how the misconception was corrected. Encourage students to use complete sentences.

Ask students to write their responses as if explaining the concept to someone who still holds the misconception. Encourage students to include evidence or reasoning.

Challenge students to analyze why the misconception occurs and explain the correct concept clearly using academic vocabulary and detailed reasoning.