This example Socratic questioning page provides an outline for leading a classroom discussion regarding whether or not viruses are alive. Sample questions, resources for background information, and tips and assessment information are provided.
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In small groups and in a fishbowl discussion, students consider how race affected the trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin.
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My learning plan 04/07/2017 Diversity: Shared Strategies Essential Question: What are the benefits and challenges of living in a diverse society? Central Text: Becoming Joey Tasks & Strategies Tasks & Strategies Word Work (Strategies) Illustrated Vocabulary 6-12 In this visual strategy, students divide vocabulary words into parts and draw illustrations to represent the separate meaning of each part. L.6-12.4, L.6-12.6 Community Inquiry (Strategies) Text-based Fishbowl 6-12 A strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a text-based discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes. RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.3, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.3, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.6 Do Something (Tasks) Truth to Power: Writing Letters for Change 6-12 Students write informed letters to corporate or elected officials, outlining their views on a social issue and calling for specific action
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The Renaissance time period was one of the most pivotal moments in history for art and inventions. It was a time of inquiries and freedom to explore and create ingenuity at its finest. As a result, many artists rose to fame and are know today like Van Gogh, and many new inventions made life easier or made it easier to take away by an enormous amount of advancements in weaponry. The goal is for students to become more familiar with the Renaissance and important advancements made at the time. This allows for a lot of independent thinking and good persuasive arguments as the most important advancement of the time can be argued. This is important for 9th graders because it is crucial to understand how the advancements made back then still are important to this day and have an impact on our everyday lives more than you would even know.In groups of 4, students will be researching different inventions or art forms of the Renaissance, and then ultimately present their findings to the class to show what they learned and why it is important. The presentation must have a persuasive well thought out argument as to why it is important and as to how it affects modern life and also life in that time period. In general, these inventions and art transformed our lives and they should be talked about. The students should do research on inventions/art forms of the time and then discuss the importance of them before settling on one that has greatly impacted them. This will help them become engaged and see why this time period was so important. It will also give them the creativity because it was a time of many inventions/art forms and they get to choose which one they found was most important and useful. To begin the lesson, we will begin by watching a short video to just give the students an example of a few of the inventions of the time and lead them into the driving question that they will be researching. They will also read a short article on some more inventions and then go into a full fishbowl conversation on different inventions. They will also be reading an article on some art forms of the time period. This will be facilitated by the teacher, but the kids will have the main arguments. They will be discussing different inventions/art forms and how it has affected their daily life, cool inventions created during that time, and also how the inventions have changed over time to what they are today. The discussion should give them a better understanding of what was going on at the time and why is was important. It’s crucial for them to hear about a bunch of inventions/art forms so that they can argue for their project extremely well because they have already learned about a few. Over the course of the lesson, the students will research and explore many key inventions/art forms of the Renaissance in order to gain a better understanding of everything that was going on at the time. They will most likely have to pick an invention based on their daily lives and things they like to do. Some inventions/art forms may seem more important to one group over and that is reasonable. By the end of the lesson, there are many different possibilities of important inventions/art forms that the students. For example, some students may focus on inventions/art forms that helped advance knowledge whereas others might pick inventions/art forms they find cool that has personally impacted their lives.During the final presentation, students should present their visual aid and argue why it is important. They also need to be able to explain where it originated and how it has impacted their lives. They also should be prepared to answer questions from other groups on why it is the most important and be ready to defend themselves.
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This article discusses research findings about classroom questioning and provides tips for teachers and online and print resources.
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In this strategy guide, you will learn how to organize students and classroom topics to encourage a high degree of classroom participation and assist students in developing a conceptual understanding of a topic through the use of the Think-Pair-Share technique. The Think-Pair-Share strategy is designed to differentiate instruction by providing students time and structure for thinking on a given topic, enabling them to formulate individual ideas and share these ideas with a peer. This learning strategy promotes classroom participation by encouraging a high degree of pupil response, rather than using a basic recitation method in which a teacher poses a question and one student offers a response. Additionally, this strategy provides an opportunity for all students to share their thinking with at least one other student which, in turn, increases their sense of involvement in classroom learning. Think-Pair-Share can also be used as in information assessment tool; as students discuss their ideas, the teacher can circulate and listen to the conversations taking place and respond accordingly.
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This online module will provide strategies to manage cooperative and problem-based learning in the classroom
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The updated AASL Standards Framework for Learners includes the shared foundation of Collaboration. The standard calls for students to engage in cooperative learning in order to grow their own knowledge base. Students may have experienced varying levels of success with group learning experiences. The following lesson provides students an opportunity to improve their group learning skills and gain an understanding of the benefits of collaborative learning. Learning Objectives Students will collaboratively determine what makes a successful collaborative learning experience. Students will identify the major benefits of collaborative learning. Students will identify important components of self-reflection and peer evaluation. Cover image attribution: "Collaboration" by diannehope14 at Pixabay.com
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This article highlights the five essential components of cooperative learning, provides a quick overview of the research behind the strategy, describes three of the most common types, and offers ideas on how to get started using cooperative learning at the elementary level.
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A unit of study for teachers to provide participants with clear directions so that they can continue to design a PBL project.
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This article for elementary teachers focuses on three tools that allow educators to publish to the web for free - Instructional Architect, Filamentality, and TeacherTube. Design hotlists, webquests, scrapbooks, and upload video.
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Fliiped Classroom is one the most buzzing trends in education inrecent times. The concept and need of flipped classroom is discussed in this video.
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This article provides an overview of learning cycles and how they can enhance student learning in science.
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Profile of a Student with This Motivation Problem: The student lacks essential skills required to do the task. Areas of deficit might include basic academic skills, cognitive strategies, and academic-enabler skills. Here are teacher behaviors to help fix this motivation problem.
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During this interactive teacher-driven module, teachers will learn about depth of knowledge and make connections to DOK. Teachers will be using popular game shows to make connections to DOK.
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