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Name: Jessica Richardson
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IntegrativeModel
Is about
Helpingstudentsincreasetheirunderstandingoforganizedbodiesofknowledge.Thismodelalsohelpsdevelopcriticalthinkingskills.
Main idea
Planning
Identifytopic:Topicsmustbeand
organizedbodyofknowledge,which
goesdeeperthanjustthesurface
knowledge.Thiscanincludefacts,
concepts,generalizations,etc.
SpecifyLearningObjectives:Whatdo
youwantyourstudentstounderstand
aboutthistopic?
PrepareData:Theteachermust
preparedatathatthestudentswillstudy.
Thiswillhelpthestudentsreachthe
contentgoal.Theknowledgethat
studentswillusetohelpconstructtheir
understandingofthetopicisthedata.
Youcanassignindividualsorgroupsto
gatherdata,preparethematrixby
yourself,orhavethestudentsfind
informationandtheteacheraddontoit.
Specifyquestions:Havesome
questionswrittenbeforethelessonto
askthestudents.
Main idea
Implementing
OpenEndedPhase:Thestudents
willfind,describe,andcomparefor
patternsinthedata.Youwantthe
studentstobecomefamiliarwiththe
data.
CasualPhase:thestudentswill
explainsimilaritiesanddifferencesin
thedata.Theanalysisinphase1must
beabletobeexplained,orthisphase
cannothappen.
Hypotheticalphase:Askstudentsto
thinkhypotheticallyaboutasituation
involvingthedata,andcomparisons.
ClosureandApplication:
Summarizetheinformationandhave
thestudentsapplyittonewsituations.
Main idea
Assessment
Askquestions,andmake
suretheyareanswered
correctly.
Makesurethestudents
followthephasescorrectly.
Shortanswer,oressaytest
toassessthestudents
comprehensionofthetopic.
Multiplechoicetestcanalso
beusedtoassessstudents.
Studentslearntoanalyzeinformationandpullinformationfromrawdata.
Main idea
Motivation
Studentsgainanalyticalskills.
Studentsareabletoapply
knowledgetoothersituations.
Studentslearnhowtoanalyze
andcomprehendasetofdata.
Studentsaremotivatedby
challenge,success,and
involvement.
Modifications:Whenworking
withdiverseoryounglearners
theorganizerswillneed
pictures,andthephaseswill
needtobemorestructured.