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- 1. Module 3, Unit 1, Activity # 2 How can you implement assessment so that it enhances student-centered learning? The assessment technique involves students in examining their own cognitive development by having them focus on learning first and the grade second. Student-centered assessments are individual, team-based, and a combination of the two. There are three challenges for student-centered assessments The first challenge is that the teacher orients students to the learning and assessment methodologies. In that case, they understand the reason student- centered approaches are being used with intended benefits. Another challenge is related to whether or not one’s peers are engaging in innovative assessment approaches as well. The last challenge is to address mainly the concerns of those who contend that taking class time to develop student-centered assessment somehow detracts from the content of the course. What student-centered approaches or techniques can you use to address differentiation? The student-centered approach allows to move away from one-way lecture- based learning where the teachers disseminate information while students passively listen, answer questions, read and write. To learn something, the student needs to leave the lower order thinking (remembering and understanding) from outside of the class. Once you are able to do that, you can created all sort of student-centered approaches and techniques that will allow students engage in more active and interactive learning that has the potential to develop life-long learning skills. The flipped classroom is a pedagogical solution with a technological component. It is a very large technological component. A flipped classroom requires the teacher to know how to use some technological sources. What student-centered approaches or techniques include physical movement as a central element? Student-centered approaches including a component of physical movement are an effective strategy engaging students in learning. Kinesthetic learning is very important to learn new concepts. A scientific research shows that learning through motions is very important. There is a link between movement and learning. For instance, oxygen is necessary for brain to function. More blood flow equals more oxygen. Based on Jensen’s article, physical activity increases blood flow (2005). Other outcomes that increase physical movement including
- 2. more cortical mass, greater number of connections among neurons, and gene expression to improve learning and memory (Jenssen, 2005). Stimulating the vestibular (inner ear) and cerebellar system through movement activities such as spinning, crawling, and rolling can result in “significant gains in attention and reading”(Jensen, 2005). Sources: https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=4A5lVa3hIeT22AXosYHoCw&gws_rd=ssl# q=How+can+you+implement+assessment+so+that+it+enhances+student- centered+learning%3F+ https://mrdiegojaque.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/student-centered-techniques/