Friday, October 30, 2015
Reading Reflection #7
It's important that teachers find out what their students already know or are interested in learning more about when it comes to deciding which type of projects to do. It is also important that teachers teach prerequisite concepts or skills that they will need to know before the project so it runs smoothly and they are able to work independently. Before starting the project, you could ask students to set personal goals such as managing their time, managing conflict with their teammates, ect. Having them set personal goals before the project will allow for them to start making personal goals and striving to achieve them. This is something that will be useful in many aspects of life, especially at a job in the future. It also allows for them to learn and understand their own capabilities, what they know they're strong at and what they know they're weaker at so they are able to work harder at the things they are weaker at. It can also help them get better at the things they are weaker at because they can set little goals and work their way to progress and get better at it. The students also are able to direct their own learning because they are able to strive for different goals individually and what will make them a better student and person overall.
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I agree with you that teachers need to teach the prerequisites and to make sure all the students are all on the same page when it comes to learning, and teaching the prerequisites before a lesson helps students better understand the concepts in the lesson.
ReplyDeleteI agree that teaching the prerequisites is very important! Making sure that everyone is on the same page from the very beginning is extremely necessary to make learning successful for all. Going over the goals of the project and where they should be throughout the course of it will make things easier and keep students motivated.
ReplyDeleteI agree that teaching prerequisites are important. If there are students who are confused from the get-go then they may be less willing to participate since they're confused and behind what their classmates already know.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with going over personal goals. Every student is at a different level so having those personal goals is great because it takes away completely comparing the students against one another and makes it so that they can say "My goal was ______ and I accomplished that and that's awesome!"