1. Suggest a minimum of 3 instructional methods which might motivate the learners to learn. Use references to support your statement.
"Students who participate in cooperative, multi-modal experiences can form new bonds of friendship and learn more about relative strengths of peers and teachers." (Hammel, 2003) Students should work together in a variety of ways to learn. Cooperative group work is a can improve successful learning in the classroom. Also, you can offer students choice when it comes to how they learn. Offer an activity that can be done in a variety of ways and allow students the ability to choose how they accomplish the task (Hammel, 2003). "Active Learning Physical movement can be an effective cognitive motivation strategy to strengthen learning, improve memory retrieval, and enhance learners' confidence" (Hileman, 2006). Plan activities that involve students moving. Perhaps having students divide themselves into groups and move to different stations around the rooms. Another method might be to allow students to act out or role play scenes to show what you're talking about in class.
2. From your personal experience, share an undesirable incident which the good methods (tools) had been applied to the inappropriate situations (No references are required). What would you propose to do to redirect the specific situation you mentioned above to make learning easier, quicker, and more enjoyable? Please provide references to support your statement.
I teach History so my students take notes in class about important events. I have students who will sometimes refuse to do those notes. Hammel (2003) said to give students choice to increase their enjoyment and their success. What I could do is offer students a number of ways to get the information. Perhaps creating a wiki about an event or designing their own graphic organizer.
Hammel, A. M. (2003, October/November). Using Multi-Modal Techniques to Motivate Intuitive and Non-Intuitive Students. American Music Teacher, 53, 33+. Retrieved February 14, 2012, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002555514
Hileman, S. (2006). Motivating Students Using Brain-based Teaching Strategies. The Agricultural Education Magazine, 78(4), 18+. Retrieved February 14, 2012, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5044801110
Excellent input and references! Great job, Nick!
ReplyDeleteNick-I think you did great research about cooperative learning. I think you are right that students enjoy being able to move around in the classroom and collaborate with their peers about a lesson. I think the teacher has to facilitate the situation, to make sure that the students stay on task.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the way you say that students can take notes and use other methods to learn in your classroom. Another note taking method is to use Cornell note-taking format. It is something our school uses to help the students learn to take good notes and it is interactive for the students also. Take a look at this website for an example. http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/Cornl-ex.htm
Hi Nick, I am going to jump on the Cornell note-taking band wagon as well. This is a process that is used in both the AVID Learning Method and the Strategic Instruction Model. Not only do my student find it worthwhile, but I even use it myself. But ultimately, note-taking comes down to desire. If students don't desire it then they won't do it. I feel your pain!
DeleteLove the stuff about cooperative learning. We should delve into this more.
Nick, I also talked about interactive learning which seems to have the same features as cooperative group learning. What I like about these methods is that, it engages students to participate in the learning process as well as teach some social skills, which most of our net generation citizens lack. They are always seen clued to their phones, even at social gatherings.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Nick, “role play” is a great method of instruction for those of us who teach History and Language Arts.
Nick you said it right “refusing to take notes”, is a big problem. I teach 11th grade and this is how I get them to take notes. I tell them, they would be able to use their notes on the unit quiz. In that case I get majority of them copying notes. One thing we do as a team(U.S. History) is that, at every grading period we check students binders to see those who have up-to-date notes and give them credit for that. It works