C&I 204: Planning Instruction

1. C&I 204: Planning Instruction October 26, 2011

2. Today’s Class • Discuss Direct Instruction Lesson Plan • Describe Indirect Instruction • Discuss Questioning Strategies • Classroom Management Group work time

3. Next Blog • For Wednesday, November 3 • Let’s try VoiceThread! www.voicethread.com Harrison’s VoiceThread

4. What does this look like? • 5th grade Reading lesson http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=2198 How does the teacher deliver the lesson? • Introduction • Model • Guide Practice • Wrap up • Is this inductive or deductive instruction? • Look for other things he does that are effective (transitions, accommodates for various learning styles)

5. The Lesson Plan • Using the lesson plan template The 5th grade plan Lesson plan: Due November 16.

6. Questioning Strategies • Quick Write- List 5 questioning strategies to keep in mind when having classroom discussions with students.

7. What types of questions can we ask? • Essential (deep, significant and overarching) • Clarification (to gain additional information) • Organizing and Planning Questions (establish process or check undestanding) • Probing (Get students to explore deeper) • Divergent (Open-ended with more than one right answer) http://fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html

8. What’s it look like? • Watch the video • What do you see the teacher doing? • Identify the different questioning techniques and the questioning strategies http://learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1892 (#6, 20:00, 27:00)

9. Discovery Problem-centered Inquiry Indirect Instruction Constructivistm Student-led Project-centered Inductive Student-Centered Instruction

10. Characteristics • Teachers provide students with access to information • Emphasis on experiential learning • Often involves real world problems and concepts • Relies on use of print, non-print, and human resources • Rarely a single correct answer • Teachers work and learn with students • Students make decisions about their own learning • More control over pacing Indirect

11. Works best when: Thinking outcome are desired Process is as important as product Need is to investigate or discover More than one appropriate answer Focus is personalized understanding & long-term retention Indirect

12. Advantages High level of student involvement Takes advantage of student interests and curiosity Offers diverse possibilities Reduces fear of incorrect answers Deeper understanding of content Fosters creativity and interpersonal skills Disadvantages Time consuming Outcomes less predictable Indirect

13. What’s your intent? Direct Instruction • Facts, rules, action sequences • Remembering, understanding , and applying Indirect Instruction • Concepts, patterns, abstractions • Analyzing, evaluating, creating Must consider student ability and available resources

14. Directinstruction can fail because of student passivity and boredom. • Indirectinstruction may fail because the teacher does not: • Define the tasks. • Provide adequate structure and monitoring. • Hold students accountable. Consider combining both strategies

15. Indirect Instruction in the Classroom • Writer’s Workshop • Centers • Inquiry • Projects

16. Some critics say that direct instruction stifles students and limits teacher creativity because it is systematic and scripted. Others say that indirect instruction is too time consuming and unproductive in this day and age of standard testing and accountability. What do you think?

17. Next Time • Review Questioning (Ch. 5, pp. 126-130) and Ch. 6, Indirect Instruction • Work on your lesson plans • Bring a draft of your Instructional Steps