Overview
Let's review learning theory. Wait! Don't touch that mouse!
You're going to enjoy this. Some industrious teachers
have actually done your lesson planning for you with great questioning techniques.
Introduce your lesson from this primary source. Can you guess what it is? It's a floating ant colony found at Bodcaw Bayou in North Louisiana.
This single primary source can be used with any subject. The lesson plans linked below use great questioning techniques. Check them out.
EXPEDITION PANAMA: Champion Chompers
Aristotle's Six Elements of a Play
Math Chat
Outcomes
- The participant will select and employ instructional methods to build students' higher level thinking skills.
Activities
Walt Disney has created a wonderful online workshop series for teachers. Go to the website Inquiry-based Learning. In one of your lesson plans this week, reformat your questions to model inference, interpretation, and transfer questions. How did your students react and respond to this type of inquiry? Add this to your journal of anecdotal records.
Related Reading
Theory Review:
constructivism
cognitive apprenticeships
cooperative and collaborative learning
generative learning
group investigation
engaged learning
inquiry based learning
Funderstanding
Add zest to your lessons:
Ants
