In her story, she shared her experience of having to sit at the back of the classroom and color, while the other students engaged in
more meaningful learning activities.
Teachers begin teaching to the test to raise scores, often at the expense of
more meaningful learning activities.
Not exact matches
Sure, it's great to have provocations and structured
activities related to the interest at hand, but when the environment also allows the children to explore and create in the best possible way — through play — even deeper and
more meaningful learning is happening!
Research demonstrates that when people have some degree of personal agency — some range of choice about the shape and direction of their own
learning activities —
learning tends to be
more meaningful and robust.
The Prop Box: Setting the Stage for
Meaningful Play Dramatic play is an essential mode of
learning for young children, and «prop boxes,» play materials grouped by theme, make this
activity even
more effective.
The
activities you'll cover will help you involve children in
learning on different levels and through a variety of mediums, making the experience all the
more memorable and
meaningful.
Learn how taking the lecture out of your class can free up time for investigations, labs, and
activities that can lead to
more meaningful learning experiences that engage students through technology.
Suggestions range from offering students an array of extracurricular
activities and extended - day
learning opportunities to establishing
more meaningful accountability systems that encompass a variety of subjects and use multiple measures of student performance.