As the two organizations worked together, they intentionally designed the technology to be flexible so that it could serve as a bridge for helping teachers shift
from traditional instruction to more personalized instruction.
There has been important research in the last fifteen years that can help teachers and principals better meet the needs of children often unintentionally neglected
by traditional instruction.
If you use online courses
alongside traditional instruction, one way students can make the most of their time off is to preview content that will be taught when they come back to school.
Whether gaining observation skills by watching spiders or acquiring expertise in making ink from toast crumbs, artists say their most influential and inspiring teachers were those whose lessons went far
beyond traditional instruction.
Middle school students engaged in Learning by Design (LBD) consistently outperformed students engaged in
traditional instruction on tests of collaboration and metacognitive skills, such as checking work, designing fair tests, and explaining evidence.
Urban middle school students engaged in a standards - based, inquiry - based science curriculum in ten middle schools showed higher levels of achievement on a curriculum - aligned test than students who
received traditional instruction in a district - comparison group (Lynch, Kuipers, Pyke, & Szesze, 2005).
Results showed that PBL was more effective than
traditional instruction for teaching macroeconomics concepts (Mergendoller, Maxwell & Bellisimo, 2006).
As a learner, you benefit from synchronous learning strategies that include
traditional instruction methods, such as direct group collaboration and immediate feedback.
Now, as blended learning continues to improve, it makes an increasingly compelling case to parents, teachers, students, and school leaders that it is better than
traditional instruction at addressing their day - to - day challenges.
When teachers move toward personalized PBL, their role continues to shift, just as it does when teachers
move traditional instruction to «course - based» PBL.
Terry Moe and John Chubb [1] argue that once students are no longer dependent on brick - and - mortar schooling, the mammoth institutions built to
deliver traditional instruction — and the entrenched interest groups (e.g., unions) that benefit from current institutional arrangements — will wither away.
Mayer discussed the implications of this research for policymakers, claiming that there is a place for small games that focus on well - specified learning objectives, become more challenging as students learn, and fit within existing educational programs to supplement, complement, and / or
extend traditional instruction rather than replace it.
In addition, e-learning enhanced clinician use of the skills just as well
as traditional instruction, according to findings published online by the journal Psychiatric Services.
While traditional instruction has focused upon reading words quickly and precisely, Lesaux's research suggests that English language learners need a more focused kind of reading instruction — in the domain of academic language — that continues beyond the early elementary years.
As a result, technologies and models with disruptive potential sprout prematurely and then wither in the heat of the sun because they are adopted before they have a proven track record at
outperforming traditional instruction in addressing students and teachers» needs.
PBL provides the opportunity to learn and practice skills that
traditional instruction often ignores — working in groups, making choices, monitoring progress, thinking deeply about a problem or challenge, and communicating what has been learned.
The hope is that traditional schools adopting these platforms might be able to likewise
buck traditional instruction in favor of more individualized pathways and supports.
Studies comparing learning outcomes for students taught via project - based learning
versus traditional instruction show that when implemented well, PBL increases long - term retention of content, helps students perform as well as or better than traditional learners in high - stakes tests, improves problem - solving and collaboration skills, and improves students» attitudes towards learning (Strobel & van Barneveld, 2009; Walker & Leary, 2009).
A second - order meta - analysis of 25 meta - analyses encompassing over 1,000 studies and 40 years of research on technology and classroom learning found that the use of technology in the classrooms shows a small to moderate positive effect on student learning, as compared to technology -
free traditional instruction.
This process of allowing for mistakes goes contrary to
much traditional instruction, but gamers know (and yes, I am proud to be one) that the payoff feels great, and accomplishment feels more like genuine accomplishment rather than simply «getting it done.»
Similarly, for a teacher in a hybrid blended - learning classroom to excel, she has to master and
manage traditional instruction, online instruction, and coordination between these two modalities.
MindQuest21sm * Helps teachers assemble the disparate 21st Century puzzle pieces (Common Core Standards, 21st Century Skills, Technology, * Prepares teachers to replace or
enrich traditional instruction with Project - Based - Learning as their primary instructional model.
For example, Pedro Hernandez - Ramos and Susan De La Paz found that students who experienced the project - based approach to studying Westward Expansion developed greater content knowledge and reported much higher engagement in learning history than students receiving
more traditional instruction.
Known as «blended learning,» this approach
combines traditional instruction with online learning, giving teachers immediate data on their students» performance.
Order of activities is important as well, as students perform better
when traditional instruction occurs before the embodied learning experiences.
The Phalen Leadership Academies will use its $ 1 million award to launch five K - 8 «blended learning» schools
incorporating traditional instruction and online learning in a way that has never been seen in an Indianapolis school.
Beyond this, NGSS calls for radically different classes than the caricatured version of
traditional instruction built mostly on direct instruction of vocabulary and the concepts underlying the new terms.
Yet, at the end of first grade, the researchers found that struggling students who were given
traditional instruction posted significantly higher math score gains than the struggling students who had been taught by the progressive methods.
In an era when teachers are increasingly pressured by the demands of standardized tests, it's important that we not forget the effectiveness of incorporating art
into traditional instruction.
In conjunction with and aligned to the student - driven work in iClass, students and content - area teachers engage with personalized learning throughout the school day, using various EdTech tools and software programs on Chromebooks in core academic classes to
supplement traditional instruction and allow for more small - group instruction.
PBL students outscored students who received
traditional instruction on the standardized Test of Economic Literacy, and a test of applying economic concepts to solve real - world economic challenges.
The traditionally successful students especially need to hear (and experience) that some methods
of traditional instruction will still be part of the PBL classroom.
She is a frequent conference presenter and consults internationally with schools interested in shifting
from traditional instruction to technology - rich, project based learning.
Tenth - grade earth science students who engaged in PBL earned higher scores on an achievement test as compared to students who
received traditional instruction (Chang, 2001).