EDU 317 Exam 1 Flashcards
Who are upper elementary students as learners?
- Concrete thinkers
- Logical thinkers
- Interested in joke and language play
- Increasingly aware of strength
Who are upper elementary student as individuals?
- taking responsibility and desire to please
- social and interested in peer relations
- aware of differences
- self aware and self critical
- Life outside of school
Who are upper elementary students physically?
- aware of appearance
- Fine tuning gross and fine motor skills
- In or nearing puberty
Three forms of identity
- accomplishment - capable of important tasks
- belonging - fit in
- engagement - challenging and productive activities
Four elements of morning meeting
- Greeting
- Sharing
- Group activity
- Morning message
Morning meeting design
- Say what you will model and why
- Model behavior
- Ask students what they notice
- One student or more model
- Ask students what they noticed
- All students practice
- Provide feedback
Research example of cognitive interest cues
A 2004 study showed that students who use cognitive and motivational strategies significantly outperformed those who received cognitive strategies alone
application example of cognitive interest cues
Anticipatory set - sparking interest by activating prior knowledge
Teacher leadership style
- clear expectations
- firm, kind, consistent
- preserve student dignity
Teacher language
- Belief in student ability
- Matter of fact, calm, neutral
- Communicate clear behavior expectations … respond to misbehavior respectfully
Six phases of learning in order
BCFMPE
- become interested
- Commit to learning
- Focus on new learning
- Make sense of learning
- Practice and reflect
- Extend and apply
System 1 brain
Fast thinking
- quick
- instinctive
- little/no effort
- automatic
- No sense of voluntary control
System 2 brain
Slow thinking
- slower
- complex decisions
- conscious
- effortful
more logical
