"What a great article Paula. One of my alternate route teachers swears that if you build learning around vocabulary your students will retain more. He goes on to state that using mental models for vocabulary further enhances the retention process. We…"
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Carolyn Bucci replied to Paula Shearer's discussion The Context and Culture of Learning in the group Somers Point Teachers
Danielle Henry replied to Paula Shearer's discussion The Context and Culture of Learning in the group Somers Point Teachers"Margie has some great ideas! Can't wait until l can apply them to my classroom one day."
Paula Shearer replied to Paula Shearer's discussion The Context and Culture of Learning in the group Somers Point Teachers"I know when I was student teaching with Margie Urie, she wrote each vocabulary word on a large piece of paper and folded the page at each syllable. Then the students spelled the word 3 times while they were looking at it. Next, they spelled it 3…"
Danielle Henry replied to Paula Shearer's discussion The Context and Culture of Learning in the group Somers Point Teachers"Paula and Eryn,
I find this topic to be interesting because vocabulary is very important but for so long it was looked at as new words on Monday and test on Friday, regurgitating information that they will forget the next day. From my observations…"
Eryn Budd replied to Paula Shearer's discussion The Context and Culture of Learning in the group Somers Point Teachers"I thought this was an interesting point. Today and in the past when I went to school vocabulary words have been used the same. I feel that that is one of the hardest things to teach when you have so many other elements to concentrate on. I once…"
Paula Shearer replied to Eryn Budd's discussion Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom in the group Somers Point Teachers"Eryn, this book sounds interesting. I think the step-by-step instructions will be very helpful for not only implementing into the classroom, but also for sparking new ideas for teachers to use."
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The Context and Culture of Learning
Brown, J. S., Collins, A. & Duguid, P. (1989, Jan/Feb). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational Researcher, 32-42. LINK: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/museumeducation/situated.html The first section of this article, Situated Knowledge and Learning, discusses Miller and Gildea's (1987) research on inquiry-based learning and direct instruction and how learning things out…See More
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