Great critical thinking can happen anytime and at any scale, yesterday was an example of such. A small group meeting of environmental education graduate students brought together individuals from 3 teams which were each working on separate branches under a common goal of putting on a conference. Deciding on a title for the conference was…
The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model is a challenging concept to successfully enact. It consists of 4 stages and all four can be present within a single lesson. The first is demonstration, which is basically the instructor doing while the students watch. The second stage is guided practice, here the instructor does and the students…
This week, I attempted to utilize a new teaching tool to more effectively communicate instructions to my field group. These tools are primacy, recency and cueing or novelty; each of these relate to an increased probability of retention on behalf of the listener. We tend to remember the first and last parts of instructions, primacy…
What were some moments where you considered student motivation before choosing an intervention? What is your interpretation of the results? The most frequent moments where I intervened with student behavior was during instructions, here we would all be gathered together forming a circle. This was when I was providing specific information necessary for our…