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Dr. Sponagle
Chapter 6:
Outline:
- States establish guidelines or standards indicating what students should know and be able
to do. Furthermore, most states require students to pass proficiency tests based on the
students to learn.
- The second task of planning is the preparation of instructional objectives that clearly
Reflection:
It is hard to start a unit plan. There are plenty of thing need to be prepared. Absolutely,
unit plan is extremely important both for teacher and student. And if I would miss three most
important things in designing a unit plan, it would be not that bad as well as it was. When teacher
prepare a unit plan, the following three elements should be concerned predominantly, objectives,
Chapter 7
Outline:
Assignments
1. What Is Independent Study?
2. Purpose and Characteristics of Independent Study
3. Good Independent Study Leaders
4. Good Independent Study
5. When Independent Study Should Be Used
6. Limitation of Independent Study
7. Making Good Homework Assignments
8. Summary on Independent Study
- Individualized or Differentiated Instruction: Tailoring Teaching
1. What Is Individualized Instruction?
2. Purpose and Characteristics of Individualized Instruction
3. Types of Individualized Instruction
4. Good Users of Individualized Instruction
5. Good Individualized Education Programs
6. When Individualized Instruction Should Be Used
7. Limitations of Individualized Instruction
8. Summary on Individualized Instruction
- Matching Instructional Alternatives to Learners
- Overview of 31 Instructional Alternatives
- Using Technology in Teaching
1. Selecting Quality Software and Websites
2. Utilizing Digital Content
3. Get Better Prepared for the Digital Age
- Some Final Thoughts
Notes:
- A presentation is an informative talk a more knowledgeable person makes to less
knowledgeable persons.
- The purpose of a presentation is to inform an audience of certain facts, ideas, concepts,
and explanations.
- Good presentations have three parts: preparation, delivery, and closure.
- Good presenters are often friendly, humorous, enthusiastic, and verbally fluent.
- A discussion is a conversation wherein students, or students and teacher, interact to share
students and to see that the learning tasks are varied or modified for each individual.
- Good individualized instruction programs are tailored to meet individual learners'
strengths and needs, permit considerable autonomy, result in greater equity, and have no
Reflection:
I just got known that there are many good instructional modes can be used in my class. I
prefer to the instructional mode of discussion and independent study. I used discussion mode in
my Mandarin class. And it went well. The key of making a good discussion is to give students a
Chapter 8:
Outline:
- Cooperative Learning: Teaching Learners to Like and Care for One Another
1. What Is Cooperative Learning?
2. Purpose and Characteristics of Cooperative Learning
3. Some Variations on the Theme of Cooperative Learning
4. When Cooperative Learning Should Be Used
5. Limitations of Cooperative Learning
6. Summary on Cooperative Learning
- Discovery Learning: Figuring Things Out for Yourself
1. What Is Discover Learning
2. Purposes and Characteristics of Discovery Learning
3. Good Facilitators of Discovery Learning
4. Good Discovery Learning
5. Facilitating Discovery Learning Online
6. When Discovery Learning Should Be Used
7. Limitations of Discovery Learning
8. Summary on Discovery Learning
- Constructivist Teaching and Learning: Problem solving under Teacher Guidance
1. What Is Constructivism?
2. Purpose and Characteristics of Constructivism
3. Good Constructivist Teaching and Learning
4. Good Facilitators of Constructivist Learning
5. When Constructivism Should Be Used
6. Limitations of Constructivism
7. Summary on Constructivism
- Direct Instruction: Teaching in the Most Efficient and Effective Way
1. What Is Direct Instruction?
2. Purpose and Characteristics of Direct Instruction
3. Examples of Direct Instruction Programs
4. Good Direct Instructors
5. Good Direct Instruction
6. When Direct Instruction Should Be Used
7. Limitations of Direct Instruction
8. Summary on Direct Instruction
- Is There a Single Best Instructional Alternative?
- Some Final Thought
Notes:
- Cooperative learning describes instructional procedures that place learners in small work
competent presenters, effective organizers, and good work coordinators; and they are able
assist low achievers and presumes high achievers are willing to do so. Additionally, since
cooperative learning is a group activity, substantial teacher monitoring is necessary to
something out.
2. to help students discover how knowledge is gained
3. to promote higher-order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
- Among the limitations of discovery learning are that not all things are amenable to
classroom discovery, some discovery is too complex for K-12 student minds, and time
establishing groups and group activities, bridging, question posing, exhibits, and
reflection.
- Direct instruction is one of several terms used to describe the sequence of instructional
events.
- Direct instruction teachers provide strong academic direction, have high expectations that
students can and will learn, make students feel psychologically safe, urge them to
cooperate, hold them accountable for their work, and closely monitor and control
students' behavior.
Reflection:
should set an interesting topic, and motivate student to explore it by using the knowledge what
they have had. It would be a quite useful learning style, as long as teacher use it wisely. For
many students would like to express their thoughts in the class. Somehow, they would like to
show their talent to others. When they discovered the new knowledge, they will have a great
achievement.