Assignment #2: Complete the 4 part assignment format as you
read, reflect, and respond to Chapter 2 – Identifying Similarities and
Differences.
Although your course packet asks you to post to blog
for parts A, B, C, and D…we are asking that you only post part D to the blog.
We’re also trying to make the blog more user-friendly and easier to read.
Thanks!
A. Guiding Questions for Self Assessment of Current
Beliefs and Practices: This component asks you to reflect on how and why you
currently use the instructional strategies of identifying similarities in your
classroom. The intent of this is to activate your prior knowledge of your
strategy use so that you can make comparisons as you read the chapter. Below are
the questions to help you complete your self-assessment. (Complete – but do not
post!)
• What is the purpose of asking students to compare?
• What
kinds of activities do I use to help students compare?
• I can think of a
time that I asked students to compare, and I was pleased with the results. Why
did it go well?
• I can think of a time that I asked students to compare, and
I was not pleased with the results. Why did it not go well?
• What questions
do I have about using comparing in my classroom?
B. Read & Reflect
“Research & Theory”: This portion of the assignment asks you to read chapter
2 and reflect briefly on your thinking after reading the “Research and Theory”
section for identifying similarities and differences. (Complete – but do not
post!)
C. Practice: Choose one of the specific “classroom practice”
strategies or techniques shared in this chapter to teach to your students (If
you are not currently teaching, you may share how you would use this strategy in
your classroom).
D. Final Strategy Reflection: Use the
following sequence of questions/prompts to reflect on what you’ve learned about
both the strategies presented in the chapter and what you’ve learned about
yourself as both a teacher and a learner. Please post your brief reflection to
the posting labeled Week Two: Identifying Similarities and Difference by
clicking on the “comment” link below.
How has the information you read in
this chapter on comparing affected your thinking about teaching and learning?
What have you learned about yourself as a teacher and learner?
Use the
following questions to assist you in writing a brief strategy
reflection:
• How has reading this information affirmed some of what you
already knew about comparing?
• What is something you now understand better
about comparing?
• How might you change how you use comparing in your
classroom?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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