Conclusion
Hattie in How People Learn (2000) concludes that effective classrooms will have 4 defining characteristics
- Student centred – because teaching is all about where a student is on the journey from novice to competent to proficient
- Knowledge centred – because there must be clear and important knowledge so students can make connections and relationships among ideas
- Assessment-rich – to better understand where students are throughout the journey in order for the teacher and students to know where to go next, so that each student can move ahead from his or her staring point
- Community-centred – because there is no one way from novice to proficient, teachers and students need to share and learn from one another, share the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of how each person progresses, and share the relevance of what the community’s members are aiming to learn.
Instructional Strategies
- Learning Contracts
- Skill Centers
- RAFTs
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- Complex Instruction
- Expression Option
- Learning Centers
- Interest and Exploratory Centers
- Learning Menus
- Tiered Assignments
- Enrichment Centers
- Graphic Organisers