Weekly Investment: Effective Teaching and Language in Instruction
Weekly Investment: Effective Teaching and Language in Instruction This week we are going to be talking about language in instructions and its effect on teaching. Thinking back to my internships with extension I new that if I didn't give clear instructions in an activity my students would be 100 % confused and they don't want to learn. So instead I look at blooms taxonomy to create segue questions that I will ask during my lessons. I like the idea of in a unit you ask simple questions first and then scaffold the learning by asking more complex questions later. To me this works also during a lesson because it helps students build up what they can learn. I know thinking about classes in high school I enjoyed learning progressively. To me to be an effective teacher you have to be willing to alter the questions you ask. You have to change up the style and types. I really liked the University of Florida Article we read this weekend. It reminded me that depending on the st