ISL Task 18/08/11

            Do a PMI analysis of the cooperative learning types/models which may include the views expressed in class during the Human Continuum activity.  Have a good weekend!

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

¨States that social, cognitive and behaviour play important roles in learning

¨Bandura developed a reciprocal determinism model that consists  of 3 main factors-behaviour, person/cognitive, environment

¨Bandura emphasized self-efficacy which is the belief that one can master a situation and produce positive behaviour

Metacognition

Sentence Starters for Metacognitive Responses

Shelley Robinson

1. During this unit I learned…
2. I felt comfortable/did not feel comfortable participating in the discussion because…
3. I felt comfortable/did not feel comfortable working in a group because…
4. I really enjoyed______________ because…
5. I changed my mind about______________ because…
6. I would like to learn more about…
7. I understand the problem to be….
8. I solved the problem by…
9. I didn’t solve the problem because…
10. Next time I will try…
11. My current knowledge on this topic is…
12. The skills I currently have to solve this problem are…
13. I need to know…
14. I don’t understand…
15. I think it is important to know_______________ because…
16. I think it is important to be able to __________________ because…
17. The steps I took were…
18. The process I used was…
19. I was successful/unsuccessful because…
20. The strategy I used was…
21. Another strategy I could have used…
22. I put lots of effort/didn’t put lots of effort into this assignment because…
23. This (piece/example/story/experiment/assignment, etc.) shows…
24. I helped my group be successfully by…
25. I could improve this by…
26. This shows that I can…
27. When I don’t recognize a word, I can…
28. I have developed my characters by…
29. Before I start to (read/write/speak/view/gather data/illustrate, etc.) I should…
30. I have noticed growth in my ability to…
31. I have noticed growth in my understanding of…
32. I can explain…
33. I am getting better at…
34. When I don’t know how to spell a word…

TESL 1 + 2   -  Find materials on Social Learning and the Humanistic Approach to learning.  Bring materials to class for dicussion.

ISL

Surf the net for materials on Constructivism- 5E Model. Bring materials for next class.