Models, Strategies, and Methods!

Models, Strategies, and Methods

There are several different models of teaching, these are a few that I have learned about during this course: 

• Behavioral Model- develop basic skills and knowledge and design behavior by repetition
• Information Processing Model- equip students with skills and information so they can process, organize and reflect new information 
• Social Interactive Model- Develop students social skills and democratic skills
• Personal Model- find students identity, self-esteem, talents, and experiences through individual projects

These models could be combined and used for different purposes!

What can be assessed?

• Readiness....do they have skills, concept knowledge already, content knowledge, what do they already know?
• Interest: you can determine this through interest surveys, interest centers, self-selection
• Learning profile- areas of strength and weaknesses, work preferences, self-awareness
• The three main assessments are: Diagnostic, formative, summative

Assessment is a collection of student progress!

What are the building blocks/components of objectives?

• Central focus, this is the big picture, goals for the whole unit will be found here. 
• Objectives are the most specific statements of what students will learn!
• Condition- setting ( Given tasks or materials)
• Behavior- Action exposed by the verb
• Criteria- Expected performance level ( no percentages)

Objective Formula:

Given ( a task or materials) the student will verb ( from Bloom's taxonomy) with an expected level of performance.

This takes place during the independent practice!

Ex: Given a task to work in a group of 4 and the resources on the American Revolution, the student will create a poster, following the criteria of the rubric and scoring at 3/4.

Given a research article on supply and demand, the student will write a paragraph, following the criteria of the rubric.