1. Situation:

2. Groupings: 

3. Bridge:

4. Questions:

5. Exhibit:

6. Reflections:

 

Energizers/Greetings:

 Research Ideas :

 http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/glossary/a.shtml

 

 

Students in Constructivist Classrooms

 

•     students learn how to learn, the students reflect on "how" they learn.
•     students ask questions in the classroom.
•      students construct their own understanding of knowledge.
•      students explore the "bigger concepts."
•      students provide peer feedback to each other.
•      student assessment is based on process-driven methods.

 

Learning in Constructivist Classrooms

 

     -experiential learning is integrated into the classroom.

     -the lessons build on students' prior knowledge.

     -constructivist learning is integrated into collaborative and        

     -hands-on activities are integrated into the curriculum.

     -classroom learning is dynamic,ever-changing, evolving, reflective.

 

Assessment in Constructivist Classrooms

 

 Evaluate student progress by examining the thinking process:

•  Students and teacher might construct a rubric to guide work. Readers' Response Journals
•  Prompt students to create new problem-solving environments
• Web site, PowerPoint Presentations

 

Role Playing

Oral Presentations

Critical Thinking

Discussions and Debates

Metaphors

Interactive

Collaborative

Real Life Examples

Portfolio Evaluation

Students Actively Participate

Fantasy

Creative

Reflective

Autonomous

Readers Response

 

 Students can construct additional knowledge by writing:

•               poems

•             short plays

•             screen plays

•             legal briefs

•             song lyrics

•             journals

•             diaries

•             memoirs

•             travelogues

•             interviews

•             letters (or e-mail) to experts

•             original advertisements

•             new endings for stories or songs

•             "what if..." thought experiments

 

 

Students can construct additional knowledge by

making/inventing/designing/drawing:

•             posters

•             cartoons

•             timelines

•             models

•             charts

•             maps

•             graphs

•             board games

•             concept maps

Students can perform/present:

•             a play

•             a concert

•             role-play lecture (such as a well-known person from history)

•             a dance based on literature or historical event

•             collected songs about a topic from another era

 

 

Some information by: May 13, 2006; Bahçeşehir College ELT Seminar “Students and Teachers as