an instructional routine to promote sensemaking about data
Our Time Together
Slow Reveal Graph – Participant Link
If you want to review the slow reveal graph we did together…
Slow Reveal Graph – Facilitator Link
If you want to run your own Desmos activity of the slow reveal graph we did together…
Play with More Slow Reveal Graphs
- Sample #1
- Sample #2
- Sample #3
- Graphs using Australian data
Think about:
- What types of questions would you ask?
- How do the questions help…
- uncover thinking?
- probe thinking?
- consolidate thinking?
- deepen and extend thinking?
Video Clips
Math Teacher Lounge
Watch Dan Meyer, Bethany Lockhart Johnson, and guest Jenna Laib engage in a slow reveal graph on Season 1, Episode 3 of Amplify’s Math Teacher Lounge.
Dan then modeled the technique with an 8th grade class in episode 5.
Blog Post Primer
- Chris Hunter wrote an article about Slow Reveal Graphs for Vector, the math journal for BCAMT (British Columbia Association of Math Teachers).
- Three professors at Grand Valley State University (Kristen Taurence, Tamara Shreiner, and Bradford Dykes) wrote an article about Slow Reveal Graphs in history classes for Statistics Teacher (23 March 2022).
- Introductory blog posts:
- Brian Bushart, “Trick or Treat!“
- Brian Bushart, “The Slow Reveal“
- Ben Orlin, “What Graphs Reveal (If You Give Them Time)“
- Jenna Laib, “Why is the math teacher here for social studies class?“
- Jenna Laib, “Notice, Feel, Wonder, and Act: How Can Data Inspire Us to Help?“*
- Jenna Laib, “Using Video to Reflect on Practice, Student Agency, and Identity“*
- Chris Hunter, “New York Times: What’s Going On In This Graph?“
*includes video clips of students in action