THE RESEARCH-BASED PRINCIPLES FOR LEARNING FOCUSED …

THE RESEARCHTHE RESEARCH--BASED BASED PRINCIPLES FORPRINCIPLES FOR LEARNING LEARNING

FOCUSED SCHOOLSFOCUSED SCHOOLS ARE:ARE:

•• STUDENTS ARE THE WORKERSSTUDENTS ARE THE WORKERS

•• LEARNING IS FIRST A SOCIAL ACTIVITYLEARNING IS FIRST A SOCIAL ACTIVITY

•• LEARNING IS BASED ON PRIOR KNOWLEDGE LEARNING IS BASED ON PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

•• SELF ESTEEM IS IMPORTANT IN LEARNINGSELF ESTEEM IS IMPORTANT IN LEARNING

•• LEARNING OCCURS IN 3 STAGES OR LEVELSLEARNING OCCURS IN 3 STAGES OR LEVELS

LEARNING ISLEARNING IS

3. 3. BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER THE BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER THE KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL TO SOMETHING KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL TO SOMETHING NEW (NEW ( AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL USE AND AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL USE AND MASTERY PHASE IN MASTERY PHASE IN LFSLFS ))

2. BEING ABLE TO USE OR APPLY THAT 2. BEING ABLE TO USE OR APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL ( KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL ( EXTENDING AND EXTENDING AND REFINING PHASE IN REFINING PHASE IN LFS LFS ))

1.1. RECEIVING AND STORING NEW RECEIVING AND STORING NEW KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS IN KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS IN YOUR BRAIN (YOUR BRAIN ( ACQUISITION ACQUISITION PHASEPHASE IN IN LFSLFS ))

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NEW DECLARATIVE CONTENTNEW DECLARATIVE CONTENT

•• ESSENTIAL QUESTIONESSENTIAL QUESTION

•• HOOKHOOK

•• LINKLINK

•• DISTRIBUTED GUIDED PRACTICEDISTRIBUTED GUIDED PRACTICE

•• SUMMARIZESUMMARIZE

LEVEL 1: ACQUISITION LEVEL 1: ACQUISITION

LEVEL 2: EXTENDING AND REFININGLEVEL 2: EXTENDING AND REFINING

LEVEL 3: AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL LEVEL 3: AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL USEUSE

CURRICULUMCURRICULUM

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN US SOME RESEARCH HAS SHOWN US SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT HOW STUDENTS INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT HOW STUDENTS LEARN:LEARN:1.1. USUALLY REQUIRES MULTIPLE EXPOSURES USUALLY REQUIRES MULTIPLE EXPOSURES

2.2. MULTIPLE EXPOSURES IN DIFFERENT WAYSMULTIPLE EXPOSURES IN DIFFERENT WAYS——VERBAL, WRITTEN, DRAMATICVERBAL, WRITTEN, DRAMATIC

3.3. LINKING TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGELINKING TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

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LEVELS OF RETENTIONLEVELS OF RETENTIONFROM FROM LEARNING FOCUSED SCHOOLSLEARNING FOCUSED SCHOOLS MODELMODEL

•• 10% OF WHAT WE JUST READ10% OF WHAT WE JUST READ

•• 20% OF WHAT WE JUST HEAR20% OF WHAT WE JUST HEAR

•• 30% OF WHAT WE JUST SEE30% OF WHAT WE JUST SEE

• 50% OF WHAT WE HEAR AND SEE

•• 70% OF WHAT WE SAY70% OF WHAT WE SAY

•• 90% OF WHAT WE SAY AND DO90% OF WHAT WE SAY AND DO

ACTIVE LEARNING = HIGHEST RETENTION!ACTIVE LEARNING = HIGHEST RETENTION!

THE CLASSROOM TEACHERTHE CLASSROOM TEACHER

•• MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF EDUCATION PUZZLEEDUCATION PUZZLE

•• HAS 3 : MAJOR ROLESHAS 3 : MAJOR ROLES

1.1. USES EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIESUSES EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

2.2. IS AN EXPERT ON HIS/HER SUBJECT AND IS AN EXPERT ON HIS/HER SUBJECT AND DESIGNS HIS/HER CLASSROOM’S CURRICULUMDESIGNS HIS/HER CLASSROOM’S CURRICULUM

3.3. EXERCISES EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM EXERCISES EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

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ONE MORE THING!ONE MORE THING!FROM FROM LEARNING FOCUSED SCHOOLSLEARNING FOCUSED SCHOOLS MODELMODEL

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS BASED ON:STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS BASED ON:

•• 25% IQ25% IQ

•• 25 % OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES25 % OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES

•• 50 % SELF ESTEEM & ATTITUDE50 % SELF ESTEEM & ATTITUDE