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5E Model (a modelling method)
The 5E model is a constructivist science learning method created in the late 1980s by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS Science Learning) team. The method usually has 5 steps –
Engage, student’s interest is captured,
Explore, student constructs knowledge through facilitated questioning and observation
Explain, students are asked to explain what they have discovered. Instructor leads discussion of topic to refine the students’ understanding.
Extend (Elaborate), students asked to apply what they have learned to different situations,
Evaluate.
ADI (argument driven inquiry)
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Arts-Integrated Pedagogy
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Augmented and Virtual Reality
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Clock Ringers
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CER – Claims Evidence Reasoning
CER – Scientific Method topics from the AMNH
CER – River ecology Scientific Method from the AMNH
Close reading strategies
Close reading strategies
Concept maps
Concept maps
Flipped classroom
This shifts instruction to a learner-centered model. Students take responsibility to learn the content at home, usually through video lessons prepared by the teacher or third parties, and readings from textbooks.
In-class lessons include activity learning, homework problems, using manipulatives, doing labs, presentations, project-based learning, skill development, etc. An early example of this was called Peer Instruction by Harvard Professor Eric Mazur, in the early 1990s.
Just-in-Time Teaching
There is no hard line between any two different approaches Just-In-Time teaching, for instance, may be considered halfway between traditional teaching methods, including homework, and the flipped classroom.
JiTT relies on pre-class assignments completed by students before class meetings. These assignments are usually completed online. The pre-class assignments cover the material that will be introduced in the subsequent class, and should be answered based on students’ reading or other preparation. The idea is to create incentive for students to complete the assigned reading before class. At college level, teachers make the pre-class assignment due at least 1 hour before class. This allows the faculty member to review the students’ answers before class.
High Interest Articles
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Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
A three step process in which the teacher has the students
Predict the outcome of the demonstration. Individually, and then with a partner, students explain to each other which of a set of possible outcomes is most likely to occur.
Experience the demonstration. Working in small groups, students conduct an experiment, take a survey, or work with data to determine whether their initial beliefs were confirmed (or not).
Reflect on the outcome. Students think about why they held their initial belief and in what ways the demonstration confirmed or contradicted this belief.
Jigsawing
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Note taking
Note-taking: Cornell notes, Guided notes & Harvard notes
Pogils
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Spiral curriculum
Spiral curriculum
UDL
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
NGSS Three dimensional learning
NGSS has three distinct components
1. Disciplinary Core Ideas, 2. Cross Cutting Concepts, and 3. Science & Engineering Practices.
North Country 3D Science Cafe
NGSS Three Dimensional Learning
Teaching Channel NGSS 3 dimensional teaching
Three Dimensions of the Framework for K-12 Science Education Being Used to Develop the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
KnowAtom’s blog – Explore the 3 Dimensions
Pedagogical theory
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Use and misuse
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Thinking well requires knowing facts (content and skills)
Levels – Levels of high school science classes
Honors – Why schools should offer Honors classes
Learning new information relies on having already existing knowledge.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – claims and reality
Students need to engage in internal mental reflection
Thinking well requires knowing facts
Tier I, II and III vocabulary
Learning styles and multiple intelligences
Reframing the Mind. Howard Gardner and the theory of multiple intelligences, By Daniel T. Willingham
Self esteem and students
Articles by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham
Challenges with modern students
Research – Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges
Research – The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by age 3
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