During my lesson, I used two instructional strategies. I used engagement and then collaborative learning. During my lesson, I didn’t have to correct any behaviors so this lets me know my students were focused on learning and engaged while I was teaching. My lesson was designed to be as engaging as possible and at the end several students said they enjoyed the lesson and they were able to tell me which way to move for one less, one more, ten less, and ten more. The use of collaborative learning promoting a lot of discussion which helped the students learn from others and work together to reach their learning goals. The learning activities used during the lesson were successful in facilitating student learning because the students’ successfully …show more content…
The students will be called on to answer questions and also be allowed to demonstrate their work on their board. I also walk around during work time to interact with them to check in to see how they are doing. Students are also receives teacher to student interaction when working in a small group to receive more intensive instruction. For example, I would walk around the students and ask them a question about which question they were on : “What is ten less than 35?” the student then would respond with their answer and show me how they found their answer. The students also have time to work with their peers during this lesson and have student to student interactions. The students are asked to turn and talk to their peers for discussions during whole group as well as able to work with their table groups to complete their work. For example I ask the students several times during my lesson to turn and talk to their table groups, I say, “Turn and talk to your group about what is ten less than 45?”. The students then have time to interact with other students in the classroom. The students were all very positive in their communication with one another. I could also hear students discussing the different ways to get their
While the activity can be conducted in groups of three-to-five, the pairing strategy used in the activity allows for equal retention as the three-to-five grouping strategy if conducted correctly by finding students who will work well together. In a study conducted by Po-Jen, Ming-Chao, Chu-Sing, and Chun-Wei (2012), “this strategy can also help students to have a better understanding of lessons and improve their learning achievement.” (p236). Students who would feel uncomfortable within a larger group can speak more freely if there is a single partner, even more so if it builds off a relationship that is already present. By utilizing social interactions between students, the teacher can create more effective pairs in the classroom. The previous social interactions will encourage the students to speak more freely with each other about the topic, and in turn, promote retention and understanding of the
As a teacher one of the main strategies that I want to incorporate into my classroom is cooperative learning. Cooperative learning gives the students a chance to get to know each other better, to work together on things, and to depend on one another to get things done. Another reason I prefer this type of learning is that instead of one individual person failing or succeeding, it is the group as a whole (sink or swim together).
Differentiated Instructional Strategies; A Book Report Introduction Since the emergence of life on the earth, man has always been eager to learn something new. Be it how to get heat from light or how make tools by sharpening the stones with the help of stones, there have been attempts to learn more and more. This appetite to know more, evolved with the passage of time and man realized that with the help of better and tested ways, learning could be made easy. This gave birth to teaching and education. More researchers entered into this domain and they discovered the thin line that segregates teaching from educating. Yes, for most of us these both are interchangeable words but a closer eye on both of them tells us a different story. Let’s talk about it in a little detail; teaching is a phenomenon when a teacher is more concerned with delivering the lecture and going back. Regardless of knowing how much of the lecture students have grabbed. While a teacher when plans to educate the students with heart and soul, a real dedication are the first requirement he/she fulfills besides adopting the appropriate techniques depending on audience. Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All by educators and education specialists Gayle H. Gregory and Carolyn Chapman is an attempt in the same direction. Yes, the book is focused on taking the level of learning as high as possible by adopting varying techniques for varying learners. This is an informative, and user friendly guide specially written for classroom teachers, in order to introduce them to the method of differentiated instruction that involves carefully adapting curriculum and instructional approaches to the specific and individual learning needs of each student in...
An organization’s educational opportunities often fail due to a lack of attention to the designing of their instructional programs. The following will address what educational design is intended to look like at a heavy equipment operation. Three common types of instructional design will be compared and contrasted to gain a greater understanding of the options available to instructions when designing instructing programs. Additionally, a proposal will appear for a particular instructional design program at the said heavy equipment organization.
The key aspect of teaching is engaging the students. I can testify that I learn best when the teacher is involving me, as well as others, in the assignment. Making the material personal is a useful skill and helps the students learn at a faster rate.
After examining my use of effective classroom practices through the self-evaluation of current teaching practice worksheet, I identified several areas of teaching that I could improve in. The area that I chose to focus on was “students are carefully orientated to lessons.” Within that broad area I focused on the question if I communicated the objectives of the lesson to all students and checked to see if the students understood the objective. I posed the research question: What will the effect of clearly communicated objectives and expected learning outcomes be on the student mastery of the lesson objective?” By posing this question I expected the students to learn the objective and show mastery of the lesson objective.
What happens when inquiry-based techniques are used in place of explicit instruction when teaching science? A Framework for K-12 Science Education (2012) states that “from its inception, one of the principal goals of science education has been to cultivate students’ scientific habits of mind, develop their capability to engage in scientific inquiry, and teach them to reason in a scientific context” (p. 41). Most states have many standards and units for each grade level that contain both science content areas and inquiry based skills. The challenge for science teachers especially in the elementary levels is to teach all of the content standards using methods that foster inquiry and the develop of our students’ young minds into scientists as well as students who can achieve highly on state created standardized tests seeking to evaluate their scientific understanding of specific concepts.
For example, online collaboration, face-to-face whole, and small group. These discussions hold them accountable for developing their ideas about the topics and enable them to share their views with others, promoting a diversity of perspectives. These interactions can also challenge their thinking and prompt them to consider new ideas and concepts when making sense of experiences and constructing their knowledge. To orchestrate discussion among students, I serve as a guide and facilitator, encouraging them to accept responsibility for their learning rather than maintaining responsibility and authority myself. I also help them to respond to one another’s ideas rather than responding directly to me and display and promote respect for all students’ ideas. These strategies not only help foster a community of learners, but they can continue the approach in their classrooms with their students. The tactic will allow them to create and build a community of learners within their
This video involves the quiet voice, classwork only, only talking to the person in your group, asking and offering help, and humility in collaborative learning. In my classroom, on the first day of the school, I set the ground rules about talking and let my students know up front when it is okay or not okay to talk. Be sure to give them specific guidelines about talking times. I separate the class to "my time" and "your time". During "my time", when I am doing the lesson instruction, giving directions, and addressing the class as a whole group, students should be focused on me, listening, and taking notes as needed. "Your time" refers to student-centered time. During group work, class activities, and class assignments, students are allowed
When teachers support their students they use instructional strategies to address all individual students within their classroom: SIM, Eight Stage Model, accountable talk, gloss, obtaining different or easier text, directed listening-thinking activity, textbook aids, adapting texts, KWLs, and much more (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, pp. 95-110). Along with specific instructional strategies to engage students, teachers need to tie new knowledge to previous knowledge both in and out of school, with “...intellectually rich activities that require problem solving interaction and active participation, and to make a connection and investment in a given activity to increase learner longevity and productivity (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, pp. 118-119). Connectivity comes with the use of instructional strategies that include: Think, Predict, Read, Connect; Group Mapping Activity; Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy; and Inquiry Projects. Inquiry projects allow students to become hands on in their learning as seen with a school garden to understand plants and how gardens create healthy foods which can get used by a school for healthier eating during lunch time (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, p. 126). Whether a specific instructional strategy or a hands on experience engaging a students no matter what strategy proves important for the success of a
In order to be an effective teacher there needs to be an understanding that we all learn differently, this means that no single teaching strategy is effective for all students/learners all the time. This makes teaching a complex process because you need to understand and meet the requirements of all of your learners. Students learn best when they aren’t asked to simply memorise information but when they form their own understandings of what is being taught. When a student has successfully learnt a new idea they are able to then intergrate this information with their previously learnt information and make sense of it. To be an effective teacher you need to work jointly with students to asses where they are at, be able to give feedback on how the student is going and ensure that they are understanding the lesson (Killen, 2013) According to Lovat and Smith (2003) students learning must result in a change in a student’s understanding of the information being taught. In order to show understanding they must be able to share this information with others and want to learn more (Killen, 2013). In order to have a deeper understanding of what is being taught they need to be aware of the relationship that exists between what they knew previously and the new information that is being learned (Killen, 2013).. Students need to be given goals that they can achieve in order to feel a sense of mastery over their own learning, this gives students motivation that they are able to complete tasks and to keep going.
A teacher’s responsibilities are to ensure that every student gets the education that they deserve from a well-structured curriculum and materials. Within the teacher’s responsibilities a strong foundation of instruction has to be implemented, this is why instructional strategies are significant in a teacher’s career. The strategies for instruction vary from teacher to teacher; as a result there are no specific ways to employ strategies within instruction. The main purpose of this essay is to display knowledge of methods that are involved in teaching second language instruction for various ages and levels of students. This essay will also develop from the following components that methods and techniques are important to encourage tactical instructional strategies. These components are comprehensible input, feedback that is on-going, specific and immediate, grouping structures and techniques, building background and vocabulary development along with student engagement.
In order for learning to take place in the classroom the teacher has to put in place an effective teaching and learning strategy. Being an effective teacher is not something that can be achieved instantaneously but rather something that has to be continuously developed and improved upon over time. Petty mentions how good teachers are not born but rather make themselves and that effective teaching comes from learning from your mistakes and successes. Petty, p. 516, 2009. This process involves teacher reflection and assessment of the effectiveness of different teaching strategies used in the classroom. It is only then that teachers can learn and advance themselves.
In this course I experienced an important change in my beliefs about teaching; I came to understand that there are many different theories and methods that can be tailored to suit the teacher and the needs of the student. The readings, especially those from Lyons, G., Ford, M., & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011), Groundwater-Smith, S., Ewing, R., & Le Cornu, R. (2007), and Whitton, D., Barker, K., Nosworthy, M., Sinclair, C., Nanlohy, P. (2010), have helped me to understand this in particular. In composing my essay about teaching methods and other themes, my learning was solidified, my knowledge deepened by my research and my writing skills honed.
The second step in developing an engaging lesson is to focus on the instructional strategies used to help the students understand the material. It is at this point, the teacher decides what activities they will use to help address the “big ideas” or the “essential questions”.