Talk:Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 10/Chapter FAQ



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I learned a lot about cooperative learning techniques and how to create differentiated instruction today’s classroom while researching this article. It seems that more and more a classroom is made up of increasingly different learning styles and abilities and today’s teacher has such a challenge meeting them all. What excited me most was how the different cooperative learning techniques from Dr. Kagan called “Kagan Structures” and the Jigsaw Classroom structure from Dr. Aronson will meet many of these challenges. There are going to be times when direct instruction is simply the best way to teach certain concepts but when there is flexibility, cooperative learning techniques are so effective. They engage the students and make them directly responsible for their own learning. They also encourage social bonding between students and cut down on behavior problems in the classroom. The students have so much fun they don’t realize they’re learning! I am looking forward to using many of these techniques in my own classroom.

Writing the FAQ article was made so much easier by finding another Wikibook article that had a style and format I liked and then just copying their code. What was most challenging was the reference page. When the resource came from a journal, it was easy to reference. When it came from an article located from an online source such as an organization’s webpage, it was much more difficult to figure out how to credit it. I think I may stick only to journal articles in the future just to save myself the time and headache. Sciaston (talk) 14:31, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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I thought this article was really well written and I enjoyed reading it! I think I am most fascinated with the part of the article that discusses cooperative learning techniques and the Kagan ideas. I saw a great deal of this while doing my observation in the Virginia Beach Schools and I just find it so interesting and successful. The teachers I have talked to about the Kagan ideas seem to think that they work very well for their classes (all grade levels). This promotes a positive group atmosphere and allows the children to work together all the time. I really hope to use these ideas in my teaching! Great job! Khedl002 (talk) 15:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC)khedl002

I thought that you did a great job with your FAQs. I especially like the quote that you included about the inspiration that teachers have the ability to give to their students. I liked how you broke apart the different styles that help teachers to teach their classes, like cooperative learning. This is one of the things that is emphasized in every class that I am taking in education. There are many ways that students can learn from each other using this style. Great Job!Jnewh001 (talk) 02:39, 1 August 2009 (UTC)