1. Description of a method of understanding prior-knowledge of
students.
There are many
great ways to determine students prior knowledge, which is needed in order to
determine which what your lessons need to cover and how in depth they need to
go. KWL charts are a great resource because they allow the student to track
their own progress and determine their own learning goals of the project.
2. Discussion on the importance of establishing anchors for a
project.
Establishing anchors for a project
are ways that the teacher and students can track progress and determine if they
are on the right track. Anchors give teacher a sense of where students started,
where they want to be, and where they are currently. If students are all in
different places the teacher can then determine which groups to work with first
whereas if all the groups are about the same spot, the teacher can spread her
guidance a little differently.
3. Description of several ways to assess what students learned
during the project
There are many ways to assess students
during a project, but the most effective seems to be time benchmarks and
anchors. If students have to have certain parts of the project done and handed
in over a period of time, a teacher can determine where they are in their
discovery process each time something is or isn’t turned in.
4. Concepts in this chapter relate to
our project because without benchmarks and anchors of progress we would be over
loading the students with a ton of work right at the end of the unit. In order
to organize a successful event, it’s important that each and every thing needs
to happen in order, you can’t promote the event before you know why you are
doing the event in the first place!
Sam,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you connected this with our project! When students are working at the best pace for their own projects, it is a great idea to always set check in points to keep them on take and not waiting until the end!