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Welcome to theKata in the Classroom Exercise!
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The two main lessonsof the KiC exercise are:(1) Introduction to the four steps of the Improvement Kata
pattern. The IK is a simple, practical scientific-thinkingpattern that is easy to apply in everyday life.
(2) Recognize that any idea we have needs to be tested,no matter how certain we might feel about it.
Lesson #2 above may be the most important thing to learn in developing scientific thinking. The KiC exercise is an interactive starting point – in one class period – for helping students acquire more scientific thinking.
Note that the KiC exercise takes two non-scientific shortcuts, which you can use as teaching opportunities in class periods after running this exercise:
• Students change more than one variable at a time.• Students collect only 1 data point before designing the next experiment.
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INTRODUCTIONKata in the Classroom (KIC) is a ~50-minute hands-on exercise to introduce the scientific pattern of the Improvement Kata in school classrooms. It was originally targeted at Middle School Science teachers, but is now used in all sorts of K-12 and college educational settings. KiC involves the team activity of assembling a 15-piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle several times, and experimenting with ways to do it faster.
The KIC exercise combines a practical scientific pattern (the "Improvement Kata") with techniques of deliberate practice, to help you make scientific thinking a teachable skill that anyone can learn. Teams of students (a) establish a baseline, (b) face a Challenge, (c) develop a next Target Condition on the way to the Challenge and (d) conduct experiments toward that Target Condition. While the students are engaged in a hands-on game they are simultaneously being introduced to a scientific meta skill.
KiC helps you teach universal STEM skills for achieving challenging goals along uncharted paths:• Scientific & Creative Thinking - generate and refine solutions to obstacles through experimentation.• Collaboration - work in a team to accomplish a next goal on the way to a larger challenge.• Communication - organize thoughts, data & findings, and share them effectively.
Once you run the KiC exercise we encourage you to use the four-step Improvement Kata pattern as a working pattern or overlay for other activities throughout the school year. Consider where else your students might apply and practice the four-step pattern of the Improvement Kata. Visit www.katatogrow.com to see various ways educators are practicing the Improvement Kata pattern in their classrooms.
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MATERIALS FOR THE KiC EXERCISEROOM SETUPA good student-team size is four or five (4-5) persons. Each team should have their own table island with chairs. Place the chairs around three sides of the table, ideally with the side that's facing the projection screen not having a chair so no one has their back to the Powerpoint projection.
USING THIS POWERPOINT FILEUse this PowerPoint file to conduct the KiC exercise. The PowerPoint walks you through the exercise step-by-step. In PowerPoint's 'Presenter Mode' the file includes teacher prompts, so you can read key steps and points to make directly from screen. The KiC exercise is easy to facilitate, and gets even easier once you have run it one time!
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A classroom exercise to help teach scientific thinking
Mike Rotherkatatogrow.com
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What is aKATA?
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A is a routine you practice, so its pattern becomes an automatic habit that gives you some new skills!
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Today we'll practice the pattern of the
It's a scientific routinefor achieving toughgoals
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Conduct Experimentsto get there
Grasp the Current
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Establish your Next
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Get the Direction orChallenge
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THE FOUR STEPS OFTHE IMPROVEMENT KATA APPROACH
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Conduct Experimentsto get there
Grasp the Current
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Get the Direction orChallenge
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A FEW KEY POINTS• You don't have to reach the overall challenge right away.• The path is not predictable or straight.• You experiment to get to the next goal,
which makes it scientific.
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For this exercise we'll build this 15-piece puzzleseveral times, and experiment with ways
to do it faster
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Do the entire exercise without thepuzzle frame
Go ahead and build the puzzle one time!
Put the Frame Aside
• Take the puzzle out of the plastic, study the picture.• Remove the puzzle pieces from the frame.• Put the frame aside.• Build the puzzle once, without timing it.
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Choose a Team Name
Select a Data Recorderà Write your team name on the forms in the kit
Select a Timekeeperà Each gets a stopwatch
THREE THINGS TO DO NEXT:
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TODAY'S GROUND RULES(1) "START Position" =
- Puzzle pieces shuffled in random order- Pieces face down in one stack- Hands flat on the table- No talking, you're ready to go
(2) All Teams Start Togethera. Instructor calls "START"b. Build the puzzle (talking allowed)c. Note the elapsed time on your form
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LET'S ESTABLISH ABASELINE TIME FOR YOUR TEAM
Record your times here
Use thisform
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Now let's dothe four steps of
the Improvement Kata
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Conduct Experimentsto get there
Grasp the Current
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Establish your Next
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Get the Direction orChallenge
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Step 1:UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE
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Key Points About:UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
• We often face challenges in life. No need to worry, because you don't need to get all the way there right away!
• A challenge gives us a useful sense of direction.
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Conduct Experimentsto get there
Grasp the Current
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Establish your Next
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Get the Direction orChallenge
Step 2:GRASP THE CURRENT CONDITION
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What was your team's last baseline time?
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• It's important to understand where you currently are, before you set your next goal.
• Don't pull goals randomly out of the air. A team should feel like its goals are meaningful.
Key Points About:GRASPING THE CURRENT CONDITION
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Conduct Experimentsto get there
Grasp the Current
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Establish your Next
TargetCondition
Get the Direction orChallenge
Step 3:ESTABLISH YOUR NEXT
TARGET CONDITION
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• Break a big challenge down into smaller goals.
• Set an easier and closer goal that's on the way to your challenge. When you get there you can set the next goal.
Key Points About:ESTABLISHING YOUR NEXT
TARGET CONDITION
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What puzzle buildtime does your team want to reach by the end of today's class?
Conduct Experimentsto get there
Grasp the Current
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Establish your Next
TargetCondition
Get the Direction orChallenge
LET'S DEFINE YOUR TEAM'SNEXT TARGET CONDITION
We can do five (5) rounds of experimenting today
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LET'S ASK EACH TEAM
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Step 4:CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS
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• You never know in advance exactly how you will achieve a goal.
• We need to test the ideas we have. A good way to reach a goal is to experiment rapidly. Try something, see what happens, and then adjust based on what you learn.
• To learn from an experiment you should write down what you expectand what actually happens, so you can compare those two things.
Key Points About:EXPERIMENTING TO GET THERE
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HOW WE'LL EXPERIMENTThree Steps, and 3 Minutes per Experimenting Round
1) Instructor calls "START"- Build the puzzle- Note the elapsed time on your form
2) Based on what happened, discuss whatyou plan to do next. Write the ideas youwant to test onto the form.
3) Then we’ll ask one team thereflection questions on the card.
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PLEASE PLAN YOUR FIRST EXPERIMENTWrite the ideas you want to test next
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Write down the ideas you want to test
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-- HAVE YOUR CARD READY --After each experimenting round we'll ask
one team this pattern of Reflection Questions
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-- NEXT EXPERIMENT --Please get into starting position
• Instructor calls "START"Build the puzzleNote the elapsed time on your form
• Teams discuss what they plan to do nextWrite ideas you want to test on the form
• Time's up... ask the Reflection Questions!
(Start each round of experimenting on this slide. The 3-minute timer starts on the next slide.)
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TIME TO REFLECTOne student asks one other student the Reflection
Questions. Everyone follow along with their own card.
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What are the four stepsof the Improvement Kata?
What did you learn about thinking scientifically?
Where else can we usethe 4-step pattern of the Improvement Kata?
Debrief:
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VisibleStuff
LessVisibleStuff
• Toyota’s results• ”Lean” tools & practices
1) A systematic, scientificway of thinking & acting
2) Managers teaching theirpeople this way of thinking
• It’s not top or bottom. The less visible stuff is a foundation that makes the visible stuff work.• Notice: the bottom part is not about Toyota.
HERE’S WHAT MIKE FOUND2009
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A REFERENCE CARDon the back of your Reflection Card
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THIS SLIDE IS NOT PART OF THE EXERCISE
Follow-On ExercisesThe KiC exercise introduces the four steps of the Improvement Kata and helps students recognize that ideas need to be tested. The KiC exercise also takes two non-scientific shortcuts:
• Students are allowed to change more than one variable at a time.• Students collect only one data point before designing their next experiment.
These two points are learning opportunities to address in Improvement Kata exercises after the initial KiC exercise. For instance:
Students are allowed to change more than one variable at a time.Run an exercise with the Improvement Kata pattern whereby student teams only change one variable before doing an experiment. It is important to use an exercise that has short cycles, otherwise students may get impatient to try all their different ideas, rather than letting results from one experiment guide them to the next experiment.
Students collect only 1 data point before designing their next experiment.Run an exercise with the Improvement Kata pattern whereby student teams collect multiple data points. A simple classroom catapult can be used for this exercise.
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