When and where did I find the word: Idiosyncratic Process was a term found while researching for my reciprocal teaching presentation. I found it in the following article:
Davis, S.J. (1990). Applying content study skills in co-listed reading classrooms. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 33(4), 277-281.
What it means: According to Davis (1990), choosing the study method that is personal, individual, and meaningful to each student is an idiosyncratic process.
Level of Familiarity: I have never heard of the term idiosyncratic process prior to reading this article; however, the term seems to make sense at face-value.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? The process by which a student either actively or passively chooses a study strategy is an important one as it, in part, determines the success of that student for a given task. The term idiosyncratic implies that this process is individual to each student, which exemplifies the importance of taking the individual into account during the learning process.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? This is an important term for teachers to know. When relaying information about study strategies, it is important to take into account the idiosyncratic nature by which the best study strategy for a given student is selected. This helps the individual learner best succeed at the task in front of him/her. As we are all life-long learners, it is important for most everyone to know.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
11: 2 Study Skills
When and where did I find the word: Study skills was a term found while researching for my reciprocal teaching presentation. I found it in the following article:
Davis, S.J. (1990). Applying content study skills in co-listed reading classrooms. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 33(4), 277-281.
What it means: According to Davis (1990), study skills are a special form of reading that is done in order to perform an identifiable cognitive task.
Level of Familiarity: I have been using study skills throughout my academic career as both a student and a teacher. As I student, I utilize study skills in order to learn new content. As a teacher, I teach students study skills to help them succeed in the classroom.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? This is an important strategy for everyone to know. Study skills are paramount for learning new material.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? Anyone can benefit from study skills. As life-long learners, it is important to be able to learn new materials and utilizing study skills is one way to facilitate that process. As a teacher, it is important to be able to teach students how to use study skills in the learning process.
Davis, S.J. (1990). Applying content study skills in co-listed reading classrooms. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 33(4), 277-281.
What it means: According to Davis (1990), study skills are a special form of reading that is done in order to perform an identifiable cognitive task.
Level of Familiarity: I have been using study skills throughout my academic career as both a student and a teacher. As I student, I utilize study skills in order to learn new content. As a teacher, I teach students study skills to help them succeed in the classroom.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? This is an important strategy for everyone to know. Study skills are paramount for learning new material.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? Anyone can benefit from study skills. As life-long learners, it is important to be able to learn new materials and utilizing study skills is one way to facilitate that process. As a teacher, it is important to be able to teach students how to use study skills in the learning process.
11:1 Conspiracy Days
When and where did I find the word: Conspiracy days was a term found while researching for my reciprocal teaching presentation. I found it in the following article:
Simmers-Wolpow, R., Farrell, D.P., & Tonje, M.J. (1991). Implementing a secondary reading/study skills program across disciplines. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 34(8), 590-594.
What it means: According to Simmers-Wolpows (1991), conspiracy days are days where faculty can exchange instructional strategies for use in their classroom.
Level of Familiarity: I have never heard of the term conspiracy days before; however, I am familiar with the the ideas behind a conspiracy day. As a middle school teacher we have days designed around professional development that would fall into the definition of a conspiracy day. Also, in my building, teachers share instructional strategies frequently on an informal basis.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? This is an important strategy to know. My colleagues and I, as a collective, make up a large melting pot of experience that stems from a wide variety of origins. Tapping into this melting pot of experiences via sharing ones' own knowledge and learning from someone else's will help facilitate learning in the classroom.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? Anyone can benefit from this strategy. It is important to be able to share one's own knowledge with others just as it is important to be able to learn from others' experience. The idea behind a conspiracy day applies to teaching just as much as it does to other professions.
Simmers-Wolpow, R., Farrell, D.P., & Tonje, M.J. (1991). Implementing a secondary reading/study skills program across disciplines. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 34(8), 590-594.
What it means: According to Simmers-Wolpows (1991), conspiracy days are days where faculty can exchange instructional strategies for use in their classroom.
Level of Familiarity: I have never heard of the term conspiracy days before; however, I am familiar with the the ideas behind a conspiracy day. As a middle school teacher we have days designed around professional development that would fall into the definition of a conspiracy day. Also, in my building, teachers share instructional strategies frequently on an informal basis.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? This is an important strategy to know. My colleagues and I, as a collective, make up a large melting pot of experience that stems from a wide variety of origins. Tapping into this melting pot of experiences via sharing ones' own knowledge and learning from someone else's will help facilitate learning in the classroom.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? Anyone can benefit from this strategy. It is important to be able to share one's own knowledge with others just as it is important to be able to learn from others' experience. The idea behind a conspiracy day applies to teaching just as much as it does to other professions.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
10:2 Word Wall
When and where did I find the word: Word Wall was part of the reading assignment for this week. The word was found in the book Word Wise and Content Rich: Five essential steps to teaching academic vocabulary. By Fisher and Frey.
Fisher, D. & Frey, N. (2008). Word wise and content rich: Five essential steps to teaching academic vocabulary. Portsmouth , NH
What it means: According to Fisher and Frey (2008), word walls are organized collections of words displayed in large letters on a wall.
Level of Familiarity: I have heard of word walls before in school. When I was in school, we had word walls; however, they were only used to display the new and old vocabulary that we had learned that year/week. We never did anything more with the word walls. Through experience in my classroom, I have learned that word walls are only as effective as they are used in the classroom.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? I definitely want to know this strategy well. The word walls are a very good resource to help students acquire new vocabulary, as long as they are used well within the lesson. Using word walls increases students exposure to the words, and when used properly, they are highly useful tools to introduce, review, and use words.
10:1 Shades of meaning paint chip
When and where did I find the word: Shades of meaning paint chip was part of the the reading assignment for this week. The word was found in the book Word Wise and Content Rich: Five essential steps to teaching academic vocabulary. By Fisher and Frey.
Fisher, D. & Frey, N. (2008). Word wise and content rich: Five essential steps to teaching academic vocabulary. Portsmouth , NH
What it means: According to Fisher and Frey (2008) Shades of meaning paint chips is a strategy used to help students understand the differences between related words.
Level of Familiarity: I have never heard of the shades of meaning paint chip strategy. When I read the chapter in Fisher and Frey (2008), I thought that it was great to find that strategy to use in my classroom. I think that it will be beneficial and will help my students understand vocabulary and maintain their interest when attempting to keep track of new vocabulary.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? I definitely want to know this strategy well. This is a new strategy that I can use in my classroom and my students can keep and benefit from all year long.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
9:2 WebQuests
When and where did I find the word: WebQuests was part of the reciprocal teaching reading for the presentation this week. The article was Web-based inquiry learning: Facilitating thoughtful literacy with WebQuests. I thought the article was a very good choice and since I am planning an upcoming lesson using a webQuest, it was also very helpful! (Ikpeze & Boyd, 2007)
Ikpeze, C. &Boyd, F. (2007). Web-based inquiry learning: Facilitating thoughtful literacy with WebQuests. The Reading
What it means: According to Ikpeze and Boyd (2007) “WebQuests can be designed to offer learners opportunities for multiple knowledge representations and multiple perspectives so that they can capture the real-world complexities to which the knowledge is applied.”
Level of Familiarity: I have used WebQuests in my own classroom as a part of scaffolding knowledge the way that Ikpeze and Boyd discuss in their article.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? I definitely want to know this word well. It is a new way of scaffolding information in a way that is motivating to students’ learning. The article gave excellent information as to how to create and search for appropriate WebQuests to bring into the classroom.
9:1 Media Literacy
When and where did I find the word: Media Literacy was part of the reciprocal teaching reading for the presentation this week. The article was Orchestrating the Media Collage: Being able to read and write multiple forms of media and integrate them into a meaningful whole is the new hallmark of literacy.” (Ohler, 2009)
Ohler, J. (2009). Orchestrating the Media Collage: Being able to read and write multiple forms of media and integrate them into a meaningful whole is the new hallmark of literacy. Journal of Educational Leadership. 8-13.
What it means: According to Ohler (2009), media literacy is the ability to recognize, evaluate, and apply the techniques of media persuasion.
Level of Familiarity: I have never heard of the formal definition of media literacy before reading this article. This is however is a very important word to know especially when considering how our students are growing up in a multi media generation. They have to not only know how to read media, but also how to evaluate and write media.
Do I want to know this word well and tell why? As explained above, I am teaching students how to be successful in the world that we live in and one part of that is teaching students how to read, write and evaluate media.
Do I think others should know this word well....if so who and why? Teachers should know this word well, they need to know how to teach and bring into their classrooms multi media. Teachers need to give students as much exposure to multi media as possible, and show them how to read and evaluate it for usability.
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