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October 10, 2013

Integrative Model
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Deals with organized bodies of knowledge and relationships between facts, concepts and generalizations.
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Planning

Implementing

Assessment

Motivation

Identify topics-needs to be an organized body of knowledge Specify learning goals- after identifying the topic, decide what the students need to understand about the topic, content goals- clear about the relationships you want students to make, critical thinking- have students observe patterns, etc. Prepare data- data are typically organized in a matrix, prepare information students can analyze to meet goals, gathering data-students use this for understanding Specify questions-specify questions youll ask during the lesson, plan the questions in advance

Phase 1: Open ended phasedescribe, compare and search for patterns in the data and record information Phase 2:The causal phasebegins when students attempt to explain the similarities and differences they identified in phase one, explainable comparisons-guiding students to comparisons that can be explained Phase 3:Hypothetical phasequestions should be asked to get students to think deeper about the new material and apply it to new situations Phase 4:Closure and application-students generalize to form broad relationships

Assessment process in more demanding with this type of model since youre measuring their understanding of organized bodies of knowledge Assessing content outcomes-testing the students on the extensive knowledge that was taught Assessing critical thinking-can be asked to produce an answer rather than choosing a multiple choice answer

Each phase promotes student involvement as phase one also promotes success which is a way of motivation Phases two and three are challenging because they require the students to think deeper (critical thinking) about the topic and challenges is definitely a form of motivation Depending on the way you implement the lesson, students can be motivated by cooperation

So what? What is important to understand about this?

This is very important to understand when addressing concepts that have relationships and a great way to share organized bodies of knowledge to students.