Craig A. Cunningham, Ph.D.
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Start of class activity, May 23Rate your evolving curriculum unit in terms of the following attributes if meaningful learning. Use this scale:
------------------------------------------ A. Intentionality: Uses clearly articulated learning goals to design learing tasks and the assessment of learning progress. B. Content centrality: Aligns learning goals and tasks with the big ideas, essential questions, and methods of inquiry that are central to the discipline. C. Authentic work: Constructs multifaceted learning tasks that represent the challenges, problems, and thinking skills required outside the classroom. D. Active inquiry: Uses a disciplined inquiry process for learning that builds on students' own questions and develops habits of mind that foster high levels of thinking. D. Construction of mental models: Embeds the articulation of cognitive models o fcontent within the learning tasks. E. Collaborative work: Learning tasks are designed so that students working together adds value to achieving learning outcomes. ------------------------------------------ The highest possible score is 18. What did your unit score? What can you do to increase your unit's score? Be prepared to talk to the instructor about these questions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Atttibutes taken from: Meaningful Learning Using Technology:
What Educators Need to Know and Do; Elizabeth A. Ashburn and Robert E. Floden, Editors |