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Classroom Work Through the Lens of Action ResearchAlthough my journey is in innovative learning with technology, sometimes our students just need a new creative method to help them cross the bridge. Dervin and Baggio both provide insight on the importance of a sense-making moment and helping our students cross the bridge with a strategy that works for them. Baggio emphasizing the use of visuals to impact learning. Baggio quotes Conner(2008), "Visuals improve the learning process and quicken your ability to make connections".
My student was having difficulty visualizing how to separate the egg carton in different sections to make equivalent fractions and though I had used the carton during my instruction he needed to physically lay out the yarn himself on the carton in order to visualize the different sections and how he could compare different fractions. Both my student and I felt excited by the experience. He was surprised that I offered him the tool to use while he took his quiz. I don't think that I would have offered him the tool had I not recently read both Dervin and Baggio. Thanks to the journey I have been on I am beginning to notice those moments when my students need something extra to get them one step closer to making sense of their experiences in the classroom.
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Maria Dowling
2/19/2018 12:52:40 am
I agree with you. Being innovative doesn't necessarily mean technology. It's about using whatever tool your students need to get it and I love your real life example. It's awesome that you were able to apply the readings to your practice and get positive results.
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An Truong
2/19/2018 12:20:02 pm
When I first started teaching middle school students, I was questioning my teaching. "How come students are not understand what I am instructing?" I figured out it that I have to model, provide images, and pictures for them to better comprehend my teaching. I can totally related that us as teachers must sometimes physically do (model) that activity for students that will provide them with the appropriate learning process. That is such a great feeling when I see students that get excited by the experience!
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