Information Processing Family

Information Processing Family

• Project-Based-Learning
• Inquiry Learning
• Socratic Dialogue

Project-Based-Learning

What is Project -Based-Learning?

• Learning activities that are long term, interdisciplinary, and student centered
• Students are presented with a challenge question or a problem to solve
• Students participate in investigative activities, problem-solving, design and decision making in order to solve the problem or challenge

WHat do Students do ?

• Ask and refine questions
• Debate ideas
• Make predictions
• Design plans and experiments
• Collect data and analyze it
• Draw conclusions
• Collaborate with others in order to solve the problem

What are the Benefits?

• Gain a deeper understanding of the concept
• Enhances quality of learning
• Higher-level cognitive development
• Teaches students to plan and communicate
• Integrates curriculum areas, thematic instruction and community issues
• Building everyday skills that will be used in their careers
• Engages and motivates students
• Practice problem-solving skills, self- management and self-reflection

4 Stages:

• Searching: Identify the problem or challenge
• Solving: gathering information about the problem and coming up with a solution
• Creating: make a presentation to share what was found
• Sharing: communicate with others what was dicsovered

Inquiry Learning

What is inquiry learning?

• It is similar to Project-Based-Learning, although students are expected to work on their own rather the in a group to solve the problem or challenge
• The teacher also plays more of a role in inquiry learning then in project-based-learning

WHat do students do?

• View themselves as active participants in their learning
• are excited to learn and engage in their education
• plan and cary out investigations
• communicate with others
• propose explanation and solutions

WHat do teachers do?

• Model behaviors and skills
• support content learning
• use multiple means of assessment
• act as failitators

5 Stages:

• Engagement: the concept is used to engage the students, and connections with prior knowledge is created
• Exploration: the concepts is explored through guided hand-on activities
• Explanation: students explain their understanding of the concept, and new concepts are introduced or clarified
• Elaboration: students participate in activities that will further develop their understanding of the concept
• Evaluation: Students assess their knowledge, skills and abilities

Socratic Dialogue

What is Socratic Dialogue?

• It is a discussion between teacher and students, it is not a debate
• The discussion topic is usually ethical or having to do with a certain behavior.

Steps in Socratic Dialogue:

• Create an open ended question (typically a controversial topic)
• Begin the discussion
• Come up with a way to answer the question as a group

Leader Role in DISCUSSION:

• Keep the topic focused
• Allow equal time for everyone to speak
• Help elaborate and clarify
• Clarity, synthesize and restate opinions

participant Role in Discussion:

• Think and speak persuasively with support for their opinion
• Respectful to other members
• Open minded