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Planning Learning Experiences for Students

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Schoolchildren Reading, Chicago, 1910  

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 

Father teaching his son geography in an 1830 woodcut

TAKE THE QUIZ

 

external image Quiz.pngYou Probably Believe Some Learning Myths: Take Our Quiz and Find Out (NPR, March 22, 2017)

 

 

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 

external image Klas_met_studenten_kalligrafie_en_leraar.jpg

 

"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 

 

 

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?

 

 

 

 

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?

 

 

 

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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