Kindergarten Math Assessment Student 1. Events in Instruction- Event #3. Standard Posted by Mia Posted on May 3, 2013 Posted under Teacher Infographics, Teaching Anyone Comments 9 Comments Events in Instruction- Event #3 About these ads Share this: Share Like this: Related Events in Instruction- Event #4In "Teacher Infographics" Events in Instruction- Event #9In "Teacher Infographics" Events in Instruction- Event #8In "Teacher Infographics" instructional design 9 thoughts on “Events in Instruction- Event #3” Leave a Reply Follow Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.
Join 2,408 other followers Build a website with WordPress.com %d bloggers like this: Word Study in Action: Activating Prior Knowledge. Teambuildspin. Background Knowledge: The Glue That Makes Learning Stick. Are You Tapping into Prior Knowledge Often Enough in Your Classroom? Learning progresses primarily from prior knowledge, and only secondarily from the materials we present to students, studies show. Think about that. We teachers spend so much time gathering materials -- important and necessary for good instruction -- but are we often enough using the greatest tools right there at our fingertips? All of those young minds, ready to go! We are all guilty of hurrying through teaching some concept or skill, and not taking the time to slow down, ask the kids what they already know about the matter, and make important connections to what is to come. I'd like to offer some research behind why we need to cut that out and activities to help us.
The Research Behind It Constructivism proposes that new knowledge is constructed from old. The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget believed educating children to be one of society's most important tasks. Use It or Lose It -- PK Strategies Try these activities for firing up those young minds and tapping into prior knowledge: Three Quick Ways to Check for Students' Prior Knowledge. By Barbara R. Blackburn Content-based “prior knowledge” is the knowledge base students bring to a lesson or specific topic under study. Do they know enough to move forward? It’s an critical question — we can’t support rigorous learning unless we make sure students are ready for the experience.
Let’s look at three strategies teachers are using to check for and help students tap into prior knowledge: Anticipatory Guides, KWL+H, and the LINK small/whole group technique. Anticipatory Guide Pat Vining, an eighth grade math teacher, uses a simple activity to check her students’ prior knowledge of the concept and to clear up any misunderstandings students may have about the topic. Next, in pairs, students compare responses and use the textbook to check their answers. Probably the most common method of identifying students’ prior knowledge that I see in classrooms today is a KWL chart.
LINK Strategy However, Kendra adds, “don’t sacrifice the whole class discussion.