Learning Outcome #3:
Understand How Students Learn and Develop
Understanding student learning styles and development largely comes from the courses I have taken while pursuing my master’s degree. Many of the education classes required in this program focus on teaching future educators how to best accommodate students and meet them where they are.
During my observation and student teaching experiences, I have been fortunate enough to work with both ends of the adolescent spectrum. I observed an eighth grade classroom and resource room at Chestnut Hill Middle School and a twelfth grade classroom at East Syracuse-Minoa High School. As a student teacher, I taught seventh and eighth grade students at Chestnut Hill Middle School and tenth and eleventh grade students at William Nottingham High School. I have become accustomed to meeting students’ needs, based on both developmental level and skill level.
One way to meet students’ academic needs is to use Bloom’s Taxonomy when planning units and lessons. Bloom’s Taxonomy has been revised from nouns to verbs to incorporate more of the 21st century skills that are necessary for students to acquire. Pictured below is the revised version of Bloom’s Taxonomy with descriptions of each cognitive level.
I have incorporated this educational theory in my classroom practices. The assignments listed below are a series of structured, scaffolded assignments that take students through the acquisition of a new grammatical concept using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Proficiencies:
The Hunger Games Compound Sentence Student Worksheet
The Hunger Games Scaffolded Compound Sentence Exercises
The Hunger Games Additional Compound Sentence Follow-Up Work
Image from http://cegsa.editme.com/MoshiMonstersLinks
During my observation and student teaching experiences, I have been fortunate enough to work with both ends of the adolescent spectrum. I observed an eighth grade classroom and resource room at Chestnut Hill Middle School and a twelfth grade classroom at East Syracuse-Minoa High School. As a student teacher, I taught seventh and eighth grade students at Chestnut Hill Middle School and tenth and eleventh grade students at William Nottingham High School. I have become accustomed to meeting students’ needs, based on both developmental level and skill level.
One way to meet students’ academic needs is to use Bloom’s Taxonomy when planning units and lessons. Bloom’s Taxonomy has been revised from nouns to verbs to incorporate more of the 21st century skills that are necessary for students to acquire. Pictured below is the revised version of Bloom’s Taxonomy with descriptions of each cognitive level.
I have incorporated this educational theory in my classroom practices. The assignments listed below are a series of structured, scaffolded assignments that take students through the acquisition of a new grammatical concept using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Proficiencies:
The Hunger Games Compound Sentence Student Worksheet
The Hunger Games Scaffolded Compound Sentence Exercises
The Hunger Games Additional Compound Sentence Follow-Up Work
Image from http://cegsa.editme.com/MoshiMonstersLinks