How did the project go- I felt that the teaching lesson went very well. The students were very involved throughout the entire process and I had ample time to teach the material that the students needed to learn.
Were students engaged in the process- Yes they were. I could tell because they would ask frequent questions regarding the material being taught. Some of the students worked questions at the board, and all of them worked through multiple questions at their desk. Everyone paid complete attention to the lesson at all time.
Did they achieve the educational goals- Yes they did achieve the educational goals. I know this by seeing every student make 100% on their practice questions we did in class. I also followed up with the clinical instructors once the students took the "real" test and every one of them passed the first try. All of them used dimentional analysis on this test!
What worked well- I feel that using multiple sample questions and having students work the questions out step by step worked very well. Having the students participate in the lesson was also very helpful in helping them learn the material they needed to learn. I really like the "spiral curriculum" and "scaffolding" approach defined by Jerome Bruner.
What would you do different next time- There really is not much I would do different. I feel that everything went according to plan and the students had a very successful lesson over dimentional analysis. The only thing I may prefer in the future would be breaking up the class into a few smaller ones to allow for more one-on-one instruction when needed.
Would you be willing to 'marry' the theorist on a long term basis? Why or why not?- I do feel that I would continue to apply this theory in the future because it allows you to use students' past knowledge of a subject to build upon. It also allows you to support the student at first, but then allow them to be independent once they are comfortable with the material being taught.
Were students engaged in the process- Yes they were. I could tell because they would ask frequent questions regarding the material being taught. Some of the students worked questions at the board, and all of them worked through multiple questions at their desk. Everyone paid complete attention to the lesson at all time.
Did they achieve the educational goals- Yes they did achieve the educational goals. I know this by seeing every student make 100% on their practice questions we did in class. I also followed up with the clinical instructors once the students took the "real" test and every one of them passed the first try. All of them used dimentional analysis on this test!
What worked well- I feel that using multiple sample questions and having students work the questions out step by step worked very well. Having the students participate in the lesson was also very helpful in helping them learn the material they needed to learn. I really like the "spiral curriculum" and "scaffolding" approach defined by Jerome Bruner.
What would you do different next time- There really is not much I would do different. I feel that everything went according to plan and the students had a very successful lesson over dimentional analysis. The only thing I may prefer in the future would be breaking up the class into a few smaller ones to allow for more one-on-one instruction when needed.
Would you be willing to 'marry' the theorist on a long term basis? Why or why not?- I do feel that I would continue to apply this theory in the future because it allows you to use students' past knowledge of a subject to build upon. It also allows you to support the student at first, but then allow them to be independent once they are comfortable with the material being taught.