Tip 5
Tip 5
Curriculum Standards and devise an appropriate approach for teaching that standard using all
the parts of the Model of Human Memory (the Information Processing Model). In the rightmost
column, be sure to state how you are incorporating the part of the Model in the leftmost column.
Use the table below as an organizer.
Stimuli from the environment -I will explain to my students -The students in my 2nd
that vertebra animals have a grade classroom are mostly
spine or backbone. I will then low concrete operational. This
- Use pictures of animals to draw a venn-diagram on my being said, it is important to
help students depict which white board where students keep the information as
are vertebrae and can write down which animals simple but effective as
invertebrate they think are vertebra and possible. Although not all
which animals are students are low concrete, I
- Use pictures of diagrams for invertebrate and then in the have to make sure I am
students to compare and center write down any teaching to the majority of my
contrast vertebrate and similarities between the two students.
invertebrate animals. of them. As a class, we will
discuss the venn-diagram on
- Watch videos and movies of the responses.
vertebrae and invertebrate
animals.
-Etc.
- I will ask the students, “Do - Using any terminology or
Attention you guys remember me ideas that will stem a thought
saying that Dinosaurs ARE to a question. This is
vertebrate animals?!” important that you make
connections with your
classroom material to give
your students that “ah-ha”
moment. Always use certain
inflection and gestures when
grabbing your students
attention. Most of the
students in the class will be
more apt to remember due to
their cognitive minds.
- I will say, “Vertebrae help - Students need to know that
Perception humans and animals stand everyday is a new blank page
up strong and stiff. Animals for learning. Every day the
with vertebrae are strong, and students come into my class,
usually can't stand up I want them to understand
straight. Animals that are Vygotsky’s idea that using all
invertebrate are usually the sources in their class will
squishy and cannot stand up benefit them. Whether it be
straight.” their peers, teachers, and
their socio-cultural
environment. They can learn
from all of these things.
Working Memory (including -Today, we will be discussing - Considering these students
rehearsal, retrieval, etc.) the similarities and are in the industry v.
differences between inferiority stage, they cannot
vertebrate and invertebrate
fully organize things in the
animals.Then each of you will
get to make up two animals. manner a child of a higher
One that is a vertebra and stage would. Therefore, they
one that is an invertebrate. may need some additional
Be sure to include a label of input on what they do, so they
where the vertebra is on your can work together in groups
animal. to form ideas.
-Retrieval: Ask students what
Combining Erikson’s
they know about their spine.
psychosocial theory and
-Rehearsal: Assign students Vygotsky’s theory, students
into 5 groups of 5 and create can work together. By
a list that students can put the working together, they learn
list of the 5 vertebra animals from and with each other.
in a classified order.
(Amphibians, Reptiles,
Mammals, Birds, Fish)