Lecture Discussion
Lecture Discussion
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Name: Sarah McAnally
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Date:
LectureDiscussion
10/02/14
Is about
Helpingstudentsunderstandorganizedbodiesofknowledge.
Main idea
Planning
1.Identifytopicstopics
shouldbeorganizedbodiesof
knowledge.
2.Specifylearningobjectives
studentsshouldunderstand
howtoconnectdifferentideas
togetherandtounderstandthe
topicathand.
3.Structurecontent
informationneedstobewell
organizedtopromote
meaningfulstudentlearning.
4.Preparelesson
introductionstrytoget
studentsattentionandinterest.
5.Useadvanceorganizersto
linkstudentsbackground
knowledgetothetopicandget
theirattention.
Main idea
Implementing
Main idea
Assessment
1.Reviewandintroduction
Questionsthatassess
presenttheadvanceorganizer
whetherthestudentscan
andreviewprevioustopics
connecttheinformation
2.Presentationpresent
learnedinthelessonis
informationthatmakes
important.Thesecanbe
studentsapartoftheorganized
shortanswer,discussion,or
knowledge
organizingalistof
3.Comprehension
concepts.Itisimportantfor
monitoringaskstudents
studentstobeabletoapply
questionstoseeifthey
thisinformationtonew
understand.
situations,whichwillshow
4.Integrationaskadditional
iftheytrulyunderstandthe
questionsandhelpconnect
concept.
thembacktotheprevious
information
5.Closuresummarizethe
lessonandprovideanending
pointtointegratethe
informationwithold
information
So what? What is important to understand about this?
Thismodelisflexiblelikealecture,butiseffectiveindiscussion.
Main idea
Motivation
Studentswilllearnhowto
takeinformationandmake
connectionsaboutitinstead
ofjustlearningthefacts.
Thisisagreatmodelfor
contentareassuchas
History.Studentswillbe
motivatedbythefactthat
theyarebeginningtosee
howeverythingconnects
andisimportanttothem.