had a great lesson today
tried to get the students to learn the information so what i did was tell the students what was in the test and they had to go research the answers . i didnt give the students the question we brain stormed on what they thought would be in the test to start with and then i finished any points they missed. the students went through there books and on the net to find answers.
we went through the information they had found and now they are ready for the test tomorrow lets hope this works if not well it was fun doing it
got 26 students to do the test will post the results
HI Nigel - this is a really exciting post! Teaching in this facilitating way is so powerful - starting from where the students are, accessing their prior knowledge and building from there. YOu are enabling them to use the information thay have and turn it into knowledge, which is exactly what they need to be lifelong learners and valuable workers.
ReplyDeleteIs this the test where 20 of the students passed first time?