Margaret

Margaret's journey....


 * BLOOMS**
 * First students define and discuss a set of vocabulary words with definitions or literacy skills concepts with definitions
 * Second with a peer group students will evaluate for accuracy definitions of vocabulary words or literacy skills concepts
 * Third students will analyze/discuss/debate the use of a given set of vacabulary words or literacy skills used in a given short story or novel
 * Fourth students will create a lesson to teach the given set of vocabulary words or literacy skills

Keeping in mind that my main goal is to get students to buy into the lesson and have a positive feeling and self motivated approach to learning...
 * Marzano**
 * Students will establish a set of rules for acceptable classroom behaivor
 * Students will choose the peer group they will join
 * Group members will establish group norms and expectations while staying within the acceptable classroom behavior rules

Wfhat affect on learning might occur by using authentic tasks to meet standards expectations? Students will become more involved and personally connected to their learning.

What might be some positive benefits that could result when using authentic tasks in the classroom? Students will take control of their own learning and be more in tune with the world around them and how they connect to their world and their role in that world.

What correlations might be made between authentic tasks, constructivism, student-centered learning or higher-order thinking? The correlations would look a lot like the links in a chain; each connecting to the other and makeing the whole learning process deeper, more complete, and stronger in the depth of meaning and learning.