Schoolchildren Reading, Chicago, 1910
Read: Active Learning, Student Engagement, and Multiple Ways of Learning
Activity 1: Improving an In-Person Learning Plan
Activity 2: Improving a Virtual/Remote Learning Plan
Read: Putting it All Together
Please write responses to Activities 1 & 2
Assignment Due September 14
Read: Active Learning, Student Engagement, and Multiple Ways of Learning |
Father teaching his son geography in an 1830 woodcut
TAKE THE QUIZ
READ: Active Learning
"Active learning is the combination of teaching, environment and technology that supports student-centered learning by encouraging students to actively participate in the learning process" (from the K-20 Active Learning Landscape, Center for Digital Education, 2016)
Active Learning from the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, April 2014
- These results indicate that average examination scores improved by about 6% in active learning sections, and that students in classes with traditional lecturing were 1.5 times more likely to fail than were students in classes with active learning
Teaching Methods: The What, Why and How of Student Centered Learning, Science Resource Center, Carleton College
How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. Michele DiPietro, Kennesaw State University
What To Look For in a Classroom, Alfie Kohn (September 1996)
READ: Student Engagement
"Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education" (Glossary of Education Reform, 2016)
Grabbing Students: Boost Student Success by Increasing Their Engagement in Learning, American Psychological Association, June 2015
How Do We Know When Students Are Engaged? Edutopia
Why Are They Disengaged? My Students Told Me Why from Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension
The Science of Attention: How To Capture and Hold the Attention of Easily Distracted Students
READ: Multiple Ways of Learning
LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL
connects different ideas to each other to understand concepts
solves puzzles and seeks answers to puzzles
experiments, revises, tries again
asks questions seeking to understand more
INTRAPERSONAL
self-directs own learning
sets personal goals and tries to achieve them
thinks or perceives intuitively
reflects introspectively to make change in oneself
NATURALIST
learns and plays in and enjoys being outdoors
interested in and recognizes differences and similarities in plants, animals, science, weather, cycles in nature
is conscious and aware of how natural patterns change
VERBAL-LINGUISTIC
is interested in learning and using words and knowing the power of words,
seeks to enlarge vocabulary and to learn other languages
reads, writes, debates, argues, revises and critiques
VISUAL SPATIAL
playing sports, one sees angles, trajectories, space and calculates speed and movement
learns from pictures, photos, maps, drawings, architectural plans
recognizes natural and architectural shapes and patterns, sizes and scale, recognizes mathematical aspects of what is seen
designs, draws, paints, perceives information through artistic and aesthetic qualities
BODILY-KINESTHETIC
enjoys moving, dancing, playing sports, acting, builng, constructing
engages in role plays, simulations, practices
seeks activities where movement and coordination influence learning
MUSICAL-RHYTHMIC
listens to and recognizes different tones, rhythms and voices
thinks in sounds, composes, seeks audio resources
sings, orates, acts and creates music
INTERPERSONAL
perceives and responds empathetically and sympathetically to others
is socially aware, utilizes leadership behaviors, is inclusive of others
participates in groups and facilitates communication
READ: Backward Design
5 Learning Design Principles on Lesson Structure That Help People Learn
Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning from University of Michigan
Lesson Plans and Unit Plans: The Basis for Instruction, The New Teacher's Companion, Gail Cunnigham (ASCD, 2009)
The New Teacher's Guide to Creating Lesson Plans. Scholastic
Writing Lesson Plans
What is Understanding by Design (UbD)
Activity 1: Improving an In-Person Learning Plan
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Review the outline and offer your suggestions for improving or expanding the following Global Food Histories learning plan for a high school World History class.
Write a 1-2 Page Response
- How does the plan integrate Interactive Activities, offer students opportunities for Creative Learning, and limit the amount of Information Presentation by the teacher?
- What surprised you about the plan and why did you find this unexpected?
- How successfully do you feel the plan utilizes active learning, student engagement, and multiple ways of learning?
- Suggest at least 2 additions or revisions you would make to the plan focus more directly on active learning, student engagement and multiple ways of learning?
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Activity: Improving a Virtual/Remote Learning Lesson |
Review the outline and offer your suggestions for improving or expanding the following remote learning plan on the Government of Ancient Athens
The plan was developed by Greenfield High School teacher Erich Leaper (a 2018 graduate of the 180 Days in Springfield program) and Bob Maloy and was used by Erich's 7th grade world history students in Springfield during the Spring 2020 at-home learning time.
Write a 1-2 Page Response to the Plan
- How does Erich use an Opener, integrate Interactive Activities, offer students opportunities for Creative Learning, and limit the amount of Information Presentation by the teacher?
- What surprised you about the plan and why did you find this unexpected?
- How successfully do you feel Erich was able to utilize active learning, student engagement, and multiple ways of learning?
- Suggest at least 2 additions or revisions you would make to Erich's plan to focus on active learning, student engagement and multiple ways of learning?
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Close: Putting it All Together: Active Learning, Student Engagement, and Multiple Ways of Learning
Many middle and high school students say they do not like learning history; the focus is memorizing names, dates, and places. In Mr. Yarborough's high school history students year long research projects utilize active learning, student engagement, and multiple ways of learning.
LISTEN
Through Performance, Mississippi Students Honor Long-Forgotten Locals From NPR's 50 Great Teachers 2015
Ken Yarborough, a history teacher at Mississippi's High School of Science and Mathematics designed a year long investigation with a creative final project performed in the graveyard to represent a person long dead talking about their lives and their time in history.
To differentiate this learning assignment, he asks students to CHOOSE a character. Then they begin writing, researching, acting, rehearsing, assisting each other's performances in June.
Students are continuously making and fixing mistakes, gaining skills and confidence, and multiple ways of learning.
Question to Consider (no written response needed):
1. In your education (in or outside of school/either in academics, sports or the arts), when and how have you experienced using active learning, student engagement, and multiple ways of learning to learn new ideas, talents or skills?
- What did you learn?
- How did active learning, student engagement and multiple ways of learning help you to accomplished your goals?
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