“The most important knowledge teachers need… is how students are experiencing learning and perceiving their teacher’s actions. — Stephen D. Brookfield (1995), Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher As the semester winds down, the 5E model still has work to do – helping students find closure and helping you translate this term’s evidence into next term’s…
Measuring Mastery: The “Evaluate/Extend” Phase of the 5E Instructional Model
“Assessment does not stand outside teaching and learning but stands in dynamic interaction with it.” — C.V. Gipps, 2002, Beyond Testing Dear Colleagues, As we reach the final stage of the 5E model — Evaluate and Extend — we get to see learning come full circle. This is where understanding turns into evidence and students…
Connecting the Dots: The “Elaborate & Evaluate” Phase of the 5E Model
“Assessment should not merely measure what students have learned; it should shape and improve that learning.” — Grant Wiggins, 1998, Educative Assessment Dear Colleagues, As we move into the Elaborate and Evaluate phase of the 5E instructional model, we enter one of the most rewarding parts of the learning journey—where students take the lead in applying, demonstrating,…
Making Learning Stick: Expanding Student Thinking in the 5E Model
“We learn best when we actively try to explain what we already know and to make it coherent to ourselves as well as to others.” — Jerome Bruner (1961. The act of discovery. Harvard Educational Review, 31(1), 21–32. Dear Colleagues, As we continue our exploration of the 5E instructional model, this newsletter focuses on the…