Assignment:
Part 1: Questioning Strategies
Learning objective:
Through this social studies and art learning activity the students will be able to identify and understand different elements of culture along with traditional elements of society.
Five probing questions that can be used as pre-assessment and formative assessment questions:
1. What culture do you belong?
2. Please share some of the prominent elements of your culture.
3. How culture integrate with society?
4. What is the impact of culture and society in our life?
5. What traditional elements of society are you still perusing?
Part 2: Reflection
Reflection:
Asking a variety of questions and using different strategies can help students develop higher order skills, recall information or promote analytical skills or critical thinking skills. According to Tofade et al. teachers ask questions to in order to recall their learning, explore their subject materials and to engage in discussions or peer interactions. In order to stimulate their learning variety of questions can help students develop different skills as they address different cognitive domains with the determination of achieving different learning outcomes.
Questions that are provoking a student's understanding of a learning are those that ask the learner to provide examples or summaries an information. Moreover, application questions require student to execute a process and analysis questions determine the inter-relationship of a constituent parts of a material (Tofade et al., 2013; Brualdi, 1998). In order to help student with different types of learning skills, different questioning strategies can be used. There are two ways to characterize question; one way is to classify them as convergent or as divergent. Close ended questions are called convergent questions. Convergent questions are used to draw a single best answer form the respondent. While divergent do not have a single "best" answer but are used to explore a range of issues related to a topic (Tofade et al., 2013).
Questioning is one of the strategies that can help balance a diverse student need. There are different kinds of students in a school, some are slow learners and others are fast learners, some learn through one means and other through other means. For example, there are different types of questioning strategies, such as probing. Probing is a great way to engage students in learning. If a student is a slow learner questions can be modified to suit the level of his learning and to add to a student's learning one can use probing to help a student through a topic. For others that are fast learners one can use high level of questioning such as analysis level questions to further enhance a student's learning. As high level of question needs a student to think more critically it can be used to help the student.
References
Tofade, T., Elsner, J., & Haines,, S. T. (2013). Best Practice Strategies for Effective Use of Questions as a Teaching Tool. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Brualdi, A. C. (1998). Practice Assessment, Research and Evaluation.
Differentiation and modifications are an important component of preparing lesson plans that utilize strategies and resources aimed at identified student learning goals. It guides the teacher in creating differentiated instruction to meet the diverse needs of all students.
Part 1: Template
For this assignment, use the lesson plan information you have already been working with (including any revisions you would like to make) to complete the "Social Studies Differentiation" template that includes:
Social Studies and the arts standards and grade level
Learning objectives
100 to 150 word description of the learning activity that integrates social studies and the arts
Instructional strategy
Using the "Class Profile," select three students who are performing below or above grade level (at least one of each) and complete the template, describing how you will differentiate the instruction and assessment for the students.
Formative Assessment
Part 2: Reflection
In 250 to 500 words, summarize and reflect on the process of designing an activity that integrates both social studies and the arts, along with how the questioning strategies and differentiation techniques help enhance your learning activity. How can you collaborate with and incorporate the input, contributions, and knowledge of families, colleagues, and other professionals in order to meet the diverse needs of students?
Support your findings with at least two scholarly resources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.