Theories of Learning I have a kid who…..questions. Chapter 5
- If you were the principal, how would you answer the charge that is not fair that the students with learning disabilities had help studying for the test by the resource teacher?
All students were given the opportunity to study for the exam and they were not limited in asking each other for help. Everyone made a choice “how” they studied for the exam.
- What role do you think motivation played in doing well in the test?
Motivation was a key element in the students’ success. They were motivated to do well on the test because they liked Mr. Keene and his class. Ms. Weiss, the resource teacher, also made it fun for the students to learn the material by braking it down into smaller parts, having group discussions, quizzing each other with made up questions from the material and by acting it out. By having fun and interesting activities the student stayed motivated to learn the material.
- What strategies from this chapter did Ms. Weiss use in her teaching?
Ms. Weiss used several different strategies. The students first were active learners. Ms. Weiss used social interaction learning by having the students act out parts of the material. Interactive dialogues were used when the students discussed the charts and pictures in the chapter, and when they wrote their own questions from the materials and quizzed each other. Ms. Weiss also taught strategies intervention skills by showing the students different ways to study the material.
#1. You are so right! Your response has the tone that says: "You are responsible for yourself. What others do doesn't have anything to do with you. It's your job to figure out what you need and then to ask for it." I like that!
ReplyDelete#2. As I read this, I thought about what Richard Lavoy said about motivation in FAT City. I think you watched that video last summer. He says that motivation only allows people to do what they are already capable of doing. Students don't learn just because they are motivated. They learn because we show them how to do it so that they are capable learners. And there is nothing more motivating than success! Good teaching results in learning, which results in increased motivation!
#3. You can see why student learned... with the active engagement and the strategies focus. She was helping students learn how to learn!