The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Deeper Learning Photo Project This resource contains nearly 300 original print - quality images of actual preK — 12 students and teachers engaged
in authentic learning activities to demonstrate that that deeper learning can succeed in schools of every type with students from all backgrounds.
An instructional approach built
upon authentic learning activities designed to answer a question or solve a problem, and generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom.
When students are engaged
in authentic learning activities, explicitly taught and modeled by the teacher, they are carefully reading and rereading with clear purposes, thinking analytically, and evaluating their understanding of texts and ideas orally or in writing.
WebQuests provide an excellent way to involve students in
authentic learning activities.
This week long,
authentic learning activity is based on the book, «If the World Were A Village» by David J. Smith and it focuses on the inequality of our global population.
Finally, students are engaged in
an authentic learning activity that challenges them to design to demonstrate how could you use the place value system to determine the value of a digit in a multi-digit number based upon its place in the number and its relationship to other digits within the number.
At AFIA, students engage in
authentic learning activities to help develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Some basic principles generally accepted as the basis for designing a classroom - learning environment emphasize learners» active roles in learning and knowledge construction, as well as learners» engagement in
authentic learning activities.