How could you teach this to a Year 7 class???
a)
DEFINING Concept maps. Student directed activity: what is a mind
map?
Why do you need one? What should
it have in it? Show students a range of
different maps to stimulate ideas. Ask
how do you group ideas on a mind map/distinguish between the different
sections. Students work in groups &
share ideas with other groups to come up with an outline that suits their
needs. Relate to a tree/branches. Show
students how to use an online tool such as bubbl.us to
brainstorm/create concept maps.
b)
QUESTIONING Ask them why they should ask questions
(purpose). Groups come up with ideas
through a mind map. Share with class to
explore reasons. From "Teaching
Students to answer their own questions" : “When you ask the question, you feel like it’s your job to
get the answer, and you want to figure it out.”
Use QFT (question formulation technique): See QFT Six Steps - prompt, produce,
improve, prioritize, decide, reflect.
c)
SEARCHING Developing search strategies. Brainstorm
"search strategy"/concept map, reasons for. Other ways: Use Boolify to get students to look at different ways to search, look at how
search engine works/different search engines, practice searching/comparing
engines using Search
Tools for Kids.
d)
SELECTION/EVALUATION Teaching students to be critical readers/what
to look for. Concept map- benefits of
website evaluation, then share ideas. Using
the Web from Education Place- contains good pointers for students. Kathy Schrock's
5Ws- easy for kids to understand. Credible
sources count! - useful for showing the
importance of credible sources. Students
could create concept map of different ways to take notes. Look at positive/negative aspects of each.
Use this
summarization strategy to develop note taking
skills.
e)
REFLECTIVE/EVALUATION Teaching
students to be reflective web users.
Include this IN the assignment! Allow students to grade their own and/or
another students research process using a rubric. Base the rubric on Bloom using questions
similar to The
Reflective Student to develop deeper reflection.
