Learning Indicators Essay

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Learning Indicators Essay As a teacher, creating a checklist of learning indicators while introducing a new objective is key for making sure all different types of learners are able to grasp the material throughout the unit. The following objective I will be teaching to my 2nd grade science class is: students will be able to observe, describe, and record patterns of shadows caused by the sun. Below is the following checklist I would use as my key factors influencing a student’s readiness to learn: 1. Learner Mindset 2. Health and Home Life 3. Previous Experience 4. Prior Knowledge 5. Self-Efficacy 6. Displaying Learning Indicators Learner Mindset Creating a positive learning environment for students is crucial for promoting students to be curious, seeking more information, and wanting to comprehend a concept. Allowing for the classroom environment to be relaxed, but have the students alert and engaged throughout the day without having to be stressed if they do not fully understand the learning objective yet. This will be achieved by allowing success and understanding measured in multiple ways throughout the unit, while still promoting learning. While displaying the Sun and an object, I will have students write on a whiteboard on which side they think the object’s shadow will be cast. I will have them all raise their boards all at once and show me their answers. After seeing all the answers, I will be able to announce the correct answer and review the reason why, if multiple student’s displayed an incorrect answer. This will promote a positive learning environment with allowing the students to have multiple chances to apply their knowledge, without having to be graded. This also allows me to instantly capture learner comprehension on the questions.
Health and Home Life Throughout teaching the course, if I notice a student is struggling grasping the objective or simply not being able to be engaged during the class there could be more underlying reasons than just “not paying attention”. Getting to know and learn about each individual student and any factors outside of the classroom that are hindering them to excel. While creating a relationship of understanding with students’, this allows me to be transparent with my parent communication and offer students to any resources the school may have such as a counselor, lunch assistance, or getting tested for any learning disability that the school can assist with. Previous Experience & Prior Knowledge Previous experience and prior knowledge go hand in hand partially. Experiences throughout a child’s life thus far have allowed them to form concepts and misconceptions, take in information that may be true or false, all based on their upbringing and prior schooling, if any. Prior knowledge can take from experiences and integrate those instances into previous learned curriculum to allow students to easily relate to the subject if they have already experienced it. Prior to this objective, the students' have completed learning about the Sun and the Moon, the differences between day and night, observations of objects in the sky, and how day and night is caused by the Earth’s rotation. For instance, the objective is learning about shadows and how/when they appear and what they look like. A student who has previous experience but no prior knowledge, may have observed shadows while being outside, but not fully understand what causes the shadow or the patterns that are associated with them throughout the day. Then, a student who has experienced observing a shadow, and has prior knowledge that a shadow is caused by light casting on an object. As a teacher, I can understand my class and their prior experiences and knowledge by having a warm up assignment given at the start of introducing the lesson. This warm up will display an apple and a Sun, and ask the students to draw the apple’s shadow. I will also display the same apple on two more questions, but have the Sun moving to a high or low position. This will allow me to see if the student, firstly, understands what a shadow is. Secondly, will allow me to see if they have any prior knowledge of the patterns of the shadow such as which side the shadow should be on
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