It is important to provide feedback to their students so that they are able to continue to grow and progress in their learning. Through technology, I am able to provide constructive feedback immediately through our classes blog and email accounts. Students need to be prepared for real world experiences and with this type of method, they are. Constructivist Learning Theories provide students with learning experiences that are engaging and worthwhile.
"Constructivism is a philosophy of learning founded on the premise that, by reflecting on our experiences, we construct our own understanding of the world we live in" (Funderstanding, 1998). For students to learn, they have to understand. By meeting the needs of all of our students, we need to use different strategies and methods to find success.
Students not only can discuss ideas with me, but through this method, they can discuss and collaborate with their own peers. Deeper thinking can take place and students are able to be more reflective.
Resources:
Edutopia: What Works in Public Education (2009) The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-introduction
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Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteYou make an excellent point about about giving students the opportunity to reflect upon the work that they have done. They need to be able to see where they are at and what they need to do to reach their personal goals. When they are aware of their progress they can actually see what their effort has accomplished for them. This can be a strong tool for encouraging students to put forth more effort and increase their achievement. This is something that I can do even in second grade. We use Dibels to assess student reading levels. We explain the scores that the student achieves and where they are in respect to other second graders. They know how much they need to do to get to the level that they want to be at.
This type of tool also works with parents and they are then able to help encourage their children to work harder and achieve more.
Susan Ampaya
Elizabeth ~
ReplyDeleteCOnstructionist tools do allow students to discover concepts for themselves through actively angaging them in their learning. There also exists a deeper understanding of the material when students construct their own personal knowledge. I agree with you that their knowledge is confirmed with immediate feedback. I find my math students get excited about their learning when I can show them they have done something correctly immediately.
Melissa Dutterer
Hello Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteI could not agree more that students need to have immediate feedback regarding their progress to feel that wonderful sense of accomplishment and or have a clear understanding of what they can do to improve. I think especially with young students this is the case because often times the longer the respond time on a student's progress the less impact it has on the learner.