Explore and Explain Reflection Journal The 5E Learning Cycle Research and Curricula Woodall
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Explore and Explain
Reflection Journal
: The 5E Learning Cycle Research and Curricula
Prompt
Response
Name
Heidi Woodall
Current position (if applicable)
Teacher
If currently teaching, grade level:
3
rd
Grade
If currently teaching, subject(s):
Math/Science
Teaching certification (if applicable):
EC-6 Generalist
ESL Certification
Prompt
Response
Do you have or have you used any of the Learning Cycle/5E curricula described at these websites? If yes, which ones?
I used FOSS about 10 years ago when I started teaching. Do you use other curricula you find in your classroom, as adopted by your district, borrowed from the Internet, and/or from another source? If so,
what are your main sources?
Yes, we currently use Stemscopes as adopted by our district. Reflecting on a commercial or Internet curriculum or lesson you have used in the past, what is your critique of that curricula or lesson?
While some of the activities Stemscopes provides can be really good, there are a few that don’t align with the TEKS and the expected outcome.
How does this Learning Cycle/5E
reflect the nature of science or mathematics?
(Be specific!)
Going back to the article Education Theory Base
and Exploring the Learning Cycle
they talked about the “Rational powers of the free mind being powers of recalling, imagining, classifying, generalizing, comparing, evaluating, analyzing, synthesizing, deducing, and inferring.” The Learning Cycle/5E model reflects the nature of science and math because it encourages students to make connections with what they’re learning by utilizing these rational powers. How does this Learning Cycle/5E
reflect the purpose of schools
? (Be specific!)
The article from one of our first modules The Goals of Science Education
stated, “The ability to think logically is general and central to all subject areas and will prevail for a lifetime.” A students “thinking ability” is supported by recalling, comparing, inferring, generalizing, deducing, classifying, analyzing, imagining, synthesizing, and evaluating. The Learning Cycle/5E model supports the purpose of school which is to provide
students with the ability to think. Following this cycle students will think more critically and make connections to what they’re learning to form new information.
How does this Learning Cycle reflect the way children learn
?
The Learning Cycle/5E model supports the way children learn because it allows them experience something and ground them to what they are learning. Through this process they can experience disequilibrium until they an make a connection and talk about what they’re learning. Once the information is processed then they can organize
it and extend their thinking and make connections to the real world. Write a 500 word synthesis and reflection of the assigned resources for this assignment. Be sure to provide evidence and citations from those resources.
After reading Exploring the Learning Cycle,
it went more
in depth on the various theories, educations purpose, phycology of children’s learning, and the importance of following the Learning Cycle. This starts at the foundation of the Learning Cycle where students should be both mentally and physically engaged in the learning experience without any information. By having the opportunity to experience, it lays the ground work to making the connections to various concepts. By going through this learning experience students are promoting their ability to think
. With the ability to think students are able to become “lifelong learners, good citizens, be prepared for productive lives, and be able to think.” These skills are built upon the rational powers from the Education Theory Base, “
recalling, comparing, inferring,
generalizing, deducing, classifying, analyzing, imagining, synthesizing, and evaluating.” The opportunity to think
is supported in the students internalizing the information and trying to make sense of what they’re learning. This is supported in Piaget’s theory where students go through the stages of assimilation, experience disequilibrium, accommodation,
and then organize the new learning. In experiencing these
stages students are relating new learning experiences to what they already know. Vygotsky’s theory about a constructivist culture says that
teachers should establish a science culture in their classrooms so that students are able to become more versed in language of it. To establish this routine students
should share their ideas, use content specific language, have verbal discourse, and debates. The role of the teacher is one of scaffolding to help students transition from their current level to a higher level of learning. Teachers can support their students by modeling, small groups, asking probing questions, providing feedback. This fits in with exploration piece of the learning cycle as
the teacher will facilitate the learning. Following the Learning Cycle/5E model is important
because it allows for critical thinking to take place, development of context or situations, and involves objects, events, or situations to think about. By following
this model students are given the opportunity to use and practice the mental skills they are gaining. It also helps to
expand their independent thinking. This model supports and promotes the learning of the student as a whole. Whereas following the IVP model they are not challenged to think because they’re being provided the information, they are testing what they’ve already learned, and practice what they have learned or seen in books, videos, articles, or quizzes. By following this way
of teaching students are just learning facts which should be the endpoint. Students should ask questions and be challenged to learn for themselves. When exploring through these various curriculums that support the 5E/Learning Cycle, I hadn’t heard of most of them. The only curriculum I had heard of was FOSS. When I went and explored the website to gain more insight on its curriculum, I noticed it has several components such as exploring a phenomena, is literacy rich, and offers a flexible curriculum to challenge students. This curriculum really reinforces the idea that students should be challenged to think.
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