Inquiry Indicators: Students and teachers
5 E Learning Cycle Model
Application of Learning Cycle Model
Benefits/
challenges
PBL
100
When students are doing inquiry-based science, an observer will see that students.....
view themselves as active participants in the process of learning. accept an invitation to learn and readily engage in exploration process communicate using a variety of methods propose explanations and solutions and build a store of concepts raise questions use observations critique their science practice
100
What are the 5 E learning cycle model?
Engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation.
100
In the engagement phase of the learning cycle model what are some of the learner's behaviors?
calls up prior knowledge has an interest has a question(s) identifies problems to solve, decisions to be made, conflicts to be resolved writes questions, problems, etc. develops a need to know self reflects and evaluates
100
What skill is not good for using PBL as a teaching method?
basic skills
100
What are the four states of Inquiry when working through problems and projects?
Searching, solving, creating, sharing
200
what are some methods that students can use to expressor share their ideas when doing inquiry-based science?
journals, reporting drawing, graphing, charting. listening, speaking, and writing about science with parents, teachers, and peers.
200
What E is defined as the connections facilitated between what students know and can do?
Engagement
200
In the engagement phase, what are the teachers' behaviors?
poses problems asks questions reveals discrepancies causes disequilibrium or doubt assess prior knowledge
200
T or F: although PBL is not appropriate for teaching basic skills, it does however allow the application of basic skills and therefore must have the knowledge of basic skills already?
TRUE
200
T or F: PBL is associated with constructivism learning method?
TRUE
300
T or F: Teachers act as facilitators in inquiry-based learning?
TRUE
300
What E is defined as "activities allows students to apply concepts in contexts, and build on or extended understanding and skills?"
Elaboration
300
T or F: In the exploration phase of the learning cycle model, the learner hypothesizes and predicts while the teacher questions and probes.
TRUE
300
What are the benefits of project based instruction
produces gains in academic achievement encourages the development of habits of mind associated with lifelong learning, civic responsibility, and personal or career success. helps students to both "know" and "do" engages and motivates bored or indifferent students creates positive communication and collaborative relationships among diverse groups of students meets the needs of learners with varying skills levels and learning styles supports self-directed learning among students
300
T or F: PBL focuses on projects as tools for learning and on materials that are relevant and meaning to students?
TRUE
400
T or F: In the inquiry classroom, the teacher's role involves more with direct teaching rather than modeling, guiding, facilitating.
FALSE
400
What is exploration in the 5 E learning cycle model?
learner gathers, organizes, interprets, analyzes, evaluates data.
400
In all the phases of the learning cycle model what is one behavior that the teacher share?
provides feedback asks questions provide resources
400
What are the challenges teachers face with PBL and what makes these difficult?
time-projects often take longer than expected classroom management-balancing between student's pace with work and the need to maintain order. control-teachers often fell the need to control the flow of info while at the same time understanding that this approach requires students to build their own understanding support for student learning-teachers have difficulty supporting what students have chosen-giving them either too much independence or too little modeling and feedback assessment-have difficulty designing assessments that require students to demonstrate their understanding
400
What are the three skills (3 Cs) that are required and is developed by the use of PBL?
critical thinking collaboration communication
500
Identify two skills that teacher must develop in order to support student learning of scientific ideas.
Model Behaviors and skills support content learning use multiple means of assessment act as facilitators
500
T or F: Exploration is defined as "new concepts and skills are introduced as conceptual clarity ad cohesion as sought" according to the reading.
TRUE
500
Identify the difference between the behaviors of learners in the explanation phase and the elaboration phase of the learning cycle model?
In the explanation phase: learners clarifies understandings, shares understandings for feedback, forms generalizations, reflects on plausibility, seeks new explanations and employs various modes for explanation. Whereas in the elaboration phase: learners applies new knowledge, solves problems, makes decisions, performs new related tasks, resolves conflicts, plans and carries out new project, asks new questions, and seeks further clarification.
500
Identify one challenge that students faces with PBL.
generating meaningful scientific questions managing complexity and time analyzing and evaluating data developing a logical argument to support claims
500
What is the difference between project based instructions and traditional inquiry?
project based emphasizes on students' own construction to represent what is being learned and also focuses on learning activities that are more long-term, interdisciplinary, and centered on the student.
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