Helping Students Learn
by Julie Dean
PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH MEANINGFUL CONTENT
1. Sensory input from being there experience
2. Concept
3. Language
4. Application to the real world
Conventional schooling:
1. Language
2. Concept
3. Application
Intrinsically meaningful:
-content using interest of student
-content relating to the students future aspirations
-content that the students have prior experience with
-novel situations
- activities/ knowledge that they find fascinating
-Concepts relate to their need for: belonging, to love and be loved, power, and fun
Teaching Tips:
-curriculum is age-appropriate
-real-world connection
-know students prior experiences
-be aware of misconceptions
Provide students with choices
Enhance learning with choices
-provide different input for different brains (different learning styles)
-provide well crafted choices to reach standards
-will help save time from reteaching material
-creates life long learners
-essentail in mastering content
Curriculum Develoment
-action oriented
-choice based on multiple intelligences
-encourage students to write their own questions
Instructional Strategies
-invites students to ask questions in ares the student is strong in, then encourages students to ask questions about ares they wish to strengthen
-provide opportunities for students to tutor each other (teaching increases learning for both students)Create an environment the is absent of treat
Fear limits exploration
-a student must be in a safe environment to feel that they can make mistakes and and be open to new ideas
-limit sarcasm an put-downs
Enhance development of intelligence
-start lesson by tapping into students prior experiences
-help students make real world connections with what they are learning
-allow students for both collaboration and intrapersonal reflection time
-provide immediate feedback
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