Set the Goal / Benchmark / Objective
- Declarative knowledge
- Procedural knowledge
- Specific Daily Content Objectives
- An important tool for directing feedback
Feedback
- Floating steps
- Starts when you set goal
- Occurs throughout
Teaching Schema for Master Learners
Generalize or Summarize
- Time to reflect
- Time to summarize
- 3-7 minutes
- Closing neurons
Access Prior Knowledge
- To stimulate the learner with regards to the lesson content
- Firing neurons - first 3 to 7 minutes
- If the right neurons fire, then info will "connect" and retrieve
- Element of inquiry
- Reviewing HW is not firing neurons
Homework
- Focused on the learning
- Complete reading
- Take notes
- Graphic organizer
- Independent practice
- Not busy work
Apply Knowledge
- Real world test
- Thinking skills
- Help organize / re-organize facts
- Insight in how to use information
- Shaping ... Mastery
Acquire New Information
- Deliberately plan for declarative / procedural
- Tailor-made instruction needed
- Require different activities to boost retention
- For example:
- lecture, note-taking
- video demonstration, note-taking
- guided practice
- independent practice