Student Centric Inductive Teaching Tips

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Tips on how to enact an Upside Down lesson plan and teach Discovery / active style.

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Inductive(or Active)Learning : 

Inductive(or Active)Learning Free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com

Learning by Discovery : 

Learning by Discovery "an approach to instruction through which students interact with their environment-by exploring and manipulating objects, wrestling with questions and controversies, or performing experiments" (Ormrod, 1995, p. 442)

Sandbox theory : 

Sandbox theory

Sandbox theory : 

Sandbox theory Students learn through active discovery - experimentation, examination and analysis NOT direct instruction

Jerome Bruner : 

Jerome Bruner we should somehow give to children (students) a respect for their own powers of thinking, for their power to generate good questions, to come up with interesting informed guesses ...

Examples : 

Examples Categorization Surveys Webquests Interviews Experiments Collecting Simulations Observation Applied Research

Example : 

Example Problem based learning “Why can birds fly?” Well designed questions are the key to good “discovery”

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Deduction - step by step

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How are they different? Induction - ? = Eureka!

The Upside down Lesson! : 

The Upside down Lesson! Engage Study Activate Activate Study Engage

What’s the difference? : 

What’s the difference? I know. I understand. vs

Knowing : 

Knowing RECALL RETAIN REPEAT KCAASE – Bloom’s Taxonomy

Understanding : 

Understanding Explain Review Discuss KCAASE – Bloom’s Taxonomy

Learning As…… : 

Learning As…… A process A self – empowering process An active process (Dewey) A self-monitoring process A deep process (Piaget)

Prerequisites : 

Prerequisites Prior knowledge collaboration Process Guidance Publication

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Students need some prior knowledge so they can “discover”. - See Vygotsky. “on the shoulders of giants” Prior knowledge

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Students need structure. Provide students with organizers and steps to enable “discovery” Process

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Discovery is a collaborative process. Students need to practice working in groups and be comfortable with it. collaboration

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The teacher “leads” the students with appropriate suggestions and tasks. Subtle persuasion! Guidance

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All students should actively present findings and share their discovery. Consolidate! Publication

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