Differentiation as a Teaching Strategy in the Key Stage One Classroom “Differentiation provides a practical, achievable way for educators to teach in a way that reaches each student in their charge.” Melinda Good, 2006 This essay will critically evaluate three main strategies of differentiation with a view to establishing whether they are successful in helping children of differing abilities make meaningful progress. The three strategies, differentiation by task, differentiation by
The purpose of this assignment is to explore the Proposition that ‘Different Personalities contribute to Effective Teams’. Learning styles is defined as the process that learners use to sort and process information (Cano, Garton & Raven, 1992). Eysenck (1978) who developed the personality theories of Extraversion (E), Neuroticism (N) and Psychoticism (P), noted that personality and learning are closely related. Furthermore it was also found that there is a large overlap between personality and learning
1. Constructivism A constructivist learning activity that I would develop for this class or a class similar to it for a third grade classroom would be inquiry based learning. In this third grade classroom the students would be learning about space. Inquiry based learning would be great for a third grade classroom as they are able to do research through books, the internet and by asking many questions. First, I would start out with introducing the topic of space during our science block. I would
Classroom Management Plan Part One There are 22 students in my second grade class. Of the 22 students, 11 are male and 11 are female. The demographics of the classroom are as follows: African American (9) 41%, Caucasian (8) 36%, Hispanic (2) 9%, Asian (2) 9%, and Multi-Racial (1) 4.5%. Two students come from families that receive an income below the poverty line. Every student in the class speaks English and there are two children with disabilities. One student has a 504 plan for ADHD and the other
Intervention Assessment Social Constructivist Theory Lastly, measuring the effectiveness of social constructivism in the classroom will take place in two different ways. When working on group projects or engaging in class discussion, students will be expected to demonstrate the five elements of cooperative learning: positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, and social skills (Moreno, 2010). Students will then be provided with rubrics so they are aware of how
to the questions, “Is knowledge truly possible?” and “How is true knowledge obtained?”. Immanual Kant successfully merged the two philosophies and provided a convincing argument with his theory of empirical relativism, or what some may call constructivism. His theory bridges the gap between rationalism and empiricism and proves that empiricists and rationalists each present a piece of the full puzzle. In order to truly understand Kant’s epistemology, one must first review and understand both
Though constructivists believe that reality is based upon our own individual perceptions and thoughts, Delia’s constructivism theory is more objective. Within the objective approach, Delia’s theory falls primarily under the socio-psychological tradition, but dabbles in the rhetorical tradition of Griffins survey map. A socio- psychological scholar “believes that there are communication truths that can be discovered by careful, systematic observation”(Griffin, 2009, p, 42). It also displays a cause-and-effect
Cubism was always an interpretation of objective reality, of a given motif. But Kandinsky was to initiate was by contrast essentially and deliberately non-objective. Kandinsky’s own experience was personal and even apocalyptic. 2 Kandinsky conclude non-objective painting must be expressive, emotion or spiritual experience. Non-objective painting could form and colour, free form all representational aim, be articulated into a language of symbolic discourse. 3.Art is a construction of concrete elements
Abstract This paper presents a theoretical model of online instruction and learning to mirror a constructivist approach to education. Constructivism is a common approach to learning and more and more districts are employing online learning environments in its schools. Course content and delivery elements are explored as they apply specifically to online learning in a K-12 environment. Other components of the construction of a web-based learning environment includes student motivation, student assessment
According to Hammond, Rosso, Austin, Orcutt and Martin (N.D.),New ideas about learning and teaching have always permeated education. During my time in school, I have read numerous books and articals on learning theories but Berkely’s article lends another layer of knowledge about learning. As I read Berkeley (n.d.), I knew but did not know, if that makes sense, about the myiads of reforms to improve on the way teachers teach and students learn. However, what sticks out the most is students learning