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Enhancing Learner Engagement Through an Assignment-Based Approach in Natural Sciences

This document outlines an innovative assignment-based approach to teaching Natural Sciences, emphasizing a learner-centered paradigm. It underscores the importance of active participation and critical thinking in the learning process, where students engage through discussions, food label analysis, dietary assessments, and collaborative projects. Various assignment types are explored, promoting real-world application of knowledge while fostering holistic development. The document seeks to guide educators in creating impactful learning experiences that resonate with students and improve their retention of concepts.

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Enhancing Learner Engagement Through an Assignment-Based Approach in Natural Sciences

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  1. SLO’s An Assignment Based Approach Priya Venkatesan MS RD Natural Sciences

  2. LEARNER-CENTERED PARADIGM • Learning …it’s not a Spectator Sport…. • When one person teaches, two people learn. • Learners need to talk, read, write, apply…. • Learners learn what they care about and remember what they understand.

  3. The Assignment • Formulate statements of intended learning outcomes • Create experiences leading to outcomes. Provide sufficient pedagogy • Create rubrics • Assess, evaluate, and re-design if necessary • Timely feedback and support

  4. Food Label Analysis • Learners will make healthy choices everyday after reading and interpreting nutrition labels accurately • You are given 6 foods. Please take a look at the labels, the FDA definitions and %DV information from text. Now, recommend the healthy choices for patient x in case study #1

  5. Dietary Analysis • Learners will accurately analyze intake using the electronic database of foods. They will interpret the results and prepare a written summary of the findings • Determine EER, BMR, RMR, DRI • Maintain a food diary • Answer questions and ask questions. • Re-design and critique

  6. Critical Thinking Assignments • Go to www.aw-bc.com/thompson • Choose nutrition debates. • Choose one activity per chapter and upload assignments.

  7. SSR • Silent Sustained Reading • Every student contributes one article/review/food product/magazine. • Every three weeks, they are read and discussed. • I hear from almost everyone of my 65 students several times each semester.

  8. TLC • Know • Wonder • Learn • In 2 sessions, we cover 4 chapters. • The pace is set by the learner.

  9. Group teaches Group • The pace, set up determined by the learner.

  10. To Program the Human Body • Physical exam • CBC • Understand components • www.genealogy.com

  11. Types of Assignments and Tests • Abstract • Advertisement • Annotated bibliography • Bibliography or autobiography • Briefing paper or “white paper” • Brochure, poster

  12. Types of Assignments and Tests • Budget with rationale • Case Analysis • Chart, graph, visual aid • Client report for an agency • Cognitive map, web, or diagram • Contemplative essay • Court brief

  13. Types of Assignments and Tests • Debate • Definition • Description of a process • Diagram, table, chart • Dialogue • Diary of fictional or real historical character • Essay exam

  14. Types of Assignments and Tests • Executive summary • Fill-in-the-blank test • Flowchart • Group Discussion

  15. Types of Assignments and Tests • Horoscope • “I Search” (first-person account an inquiry) (Macrorie, 1980) • Instructional manual • “Introduction” to an essay or scientific report • Inventory narrative

  16. Types of Assignments and Tests • Laboratory or field notes • Letter of the editor • Matching test • Materials and methods plan • Mathematical problem • Memo

  17. Types of Assignments and Tests • “Micro-theme” (Bean, 1996; Bean, Drenk, and Lee,1982) • Multimedia or slide presentation • Multiple-choice test • Narrative • News on feature story • Notes on reading

  18. Types of Assignments and Tests • Nursing care plan • Oral report • Outline • Personal letter • Plan for conducting a project • Poem, play • Question

  19. Types of Assignments and Tests • Regulations, laws, rules • Research proposal addressed to a granting agency • Review of book, play, exhibit • Review of literature • Rough draft or free write (Elbow,1981)

  20. Types of Assignments and Tests • “Start” • Statement of assumptions • Summary or précis • Summit conference

  21. Types of Assignments and Tests • Taxonomy or set of categories • Technical or scientific report • Term paper, research paper • Thesis sentence • Word problem • Work of art, music, architecture, sculpture

  22. References • Bean, J.C. “Engaging Ideas.”San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001. • Huba, M.E., Freed, J.E. “Learner-Centered Assessment On College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

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