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Hierarchic: 4 Main Ideas

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Name: Lori Shrode

2008 Edwin Ellis, All Rights Reserved Published by Makes Sense Strategies, LLC, Northport, AL www.MakesSenseStrategies.com

Date:

GuidedDiscovery

11/18/2015

Is about

TheGuidedDiscoveryModelisusedtoteachconceptsandtherelationshipbetweenthoseconcepts.Somegeneralizationsareconsideredtrue
forallcaseswhileothersarearbitrarilyderivedbypeople.
Main idea

Planning

Identifytopics,create
preciselearningobjectives,
andidentifyhighquality
examples.
Highqualityexamples
includealltheinformation
studentswillneedto
understandthetopic.
Highqualityexamplesare
themosteffectivetool
teachershavefor
accommodatingforstudent
differences.

Main idea

Implementing

ShortIntroduction.
OpenEndedPhase:
Studentsmakeobservations
andcompareexamples.
ConvergentPhase:Teacher
guidesstudentstowards
contentobjective.
Lessoniscompletedwhen
studentsareabletodefine
theconcept,statethe
relationshipinthe
generalization,andapply
thetopictoanew/realworld
situation.

Main idea

Adaptingto
DifferentLearning
Environments
Adapttoyoungerchildren
byusingconcreteexamples.
Youngerstudentsrespond
welltotheopenended
phase.Theselessonswillbe
shorterthanwitholder
students.
Olderstudentsrequirehigh
qualityexamples.Students
mayhavetroublewithopen
endedphasesincetheyare
accustomedtooneright
answer.

Main idea

Assessment

Effectiveassessmentsare
consistentwiththeteachers
objectives.
Paperpenciland
performanceassessments
canbeused.
Assessmentsthatcapitalize
onrealworldcontextsand
includedetailedfeedback
arethemostpowerfultools.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

StudentlearningfromGuidedLearninglessonsusuallyleadstobetterlongtermretentionofsubjectmatterthanfrom
typicallecturesandexplanations.Italsoisaneffectivemethodofteachingstudentstodevelopcriticalthinkingskills.

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