This space wil be used to post comments for and summaries of our Spring NTLT Book Club meetings. We'll be reading Classroom Instruction That Works, and discussing how ideas within the book can be applied to our classrooms.
Meeting #1: Chapters 1 & 6
Chapter 1 discusses the importance of past and current research in teaching. Chapter 6 looks at how different visualization strategies can help learners develop meaning, with specific emphasis on graphic orgainizers and mental images.
Personal Thoughts:
This fits in nicely with the High School's work with CRISS Strateies. If you have Smart Board (www.smarttech.com) software installed, several graphic organizer templates are available. You can also download some for MSWord or Powerpoint from www.microsoft.com.
Here's an idea (at least for grades 6-12): Try using multiple representations: put an outline next to a concept map, for example, but make sure they both contain the same information. Kids learn in a variety of ways - let them choose what makes the most sense or has the most meaning for them. What do you think of this idea?
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
