Meet your students' learning needs
27/05/08 08:44 Filed in: Christian Ed
Training | Meet
Student Learning Needs
To help your students better connect what
they study and what the Bible teaches, DEAL with your
students’ learning needs:
Take action: Take 4 steps to DEAL with your students’ learning needs.
(1) Define your students’ learning needs. You can do this by looking at your students’ work, talking with your students, giving them a survey, or using a list of 10 sample learning needs as an assessment tool. Once you’ve defined your students’ learning needs, select 1 student learning need you will address.
(2) Explore ways to address the student learning need you selected. For example, you can explore addressing a student learning need through reading and discussion. Below is a list of 10 sample learning needs phrased as questions. The list comes with readings and discussion guides:
(3) Act. Just do it! Implement your plan. And be sure to tell your students what you are doing and why.
(4) Look at the results. Discuss them with your students and colleagues.
Question: What will you do today to DEAL with your students’ learning needs?
- Define your students’ learning needs.
- Explore the how you can respond to your students’ learning needs.
- Act.
- Look at the results.
Take action: Take 4 steps to DEAL with your students’ learning needs.
(1) Define your students’ learning needs. You can do this by looking at your students’ work, talking with your students, giving them a survey, or using a list of 10 sample learning needs as an assessment tool. Once you’ve defined your students’ learning needs, select 1 student learning need you will address.
(2) Explore ways to address the student learning need you selected. For example, you can explore addressing a student learning need through reading and discussion. Below is a list of 10 sample learning needs phrased as questions. The list comes with readings and discussion guides:
- How can you help your students see the importance of Biblical perspective? (Read, Discuss)
- How can you help your students understand that a Biblical perspective can be applied to course content? (Read, Discuss)
- How can you show your students what applying a Biblical perspective looks like? (Read)
- How can you help your students understand how you teach from a Biblical perspective? (Read, Discuss)
- What vocabulary words do your students need to learn? (Read, Discuss)
- What engaging instructional strategies will
help your students? (Read,
Discuss 1,
Discuss 2)
- How can you give your students opportunities to think through answers for themselves? (Read, Discuss)
- How can you provide time during class for reflection? (Read, Discuss)
- How can you design assessments so that your students connect a Biblical perspective with their lives? (Read, Discuss)
- How can you give your students more practice? (Read, Discuss)
(3) Act. Just do it! Implement your plan. And be sure to tell your students what you are doing and why.
(4) Look at the results. Discuss them with your students and colleagues.
Question: What will you do today to DEAL with your students’ learning needs?