Texas A & M University – Commerce
Master’s of Education in Secondary Education – MED
MISD & A&M – Commerce Partnership Cohort 2010
SED 513 Secondary School Curriculum – 3 SH
Carlos Soliz
Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers
What?
The strategy that I used was Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers. Honestly, I used the cues and questions part and not the advanced organizers. I have never used advanced organizers so I am not comfortable using them in my class, I know I am suppose to try everything but I did not.
So What?
Offering the students cues and questions I believe is just a part of teaching, getting them to think about what they are going to learn before they learn it. The cues let the students think about what they have learned about the topic in the past and draw from that. I did an assignment on Pearl Harbor and found out that many of my students had no idea about it. I had to give clues to them about what it led to and explained both the United States’ side and Japan’s side. Explained why Japan felt threatened by the United States. The students learned a lot about this event that drew the United States into World War II, which many students did not know. The students’ papers told me that learned about Pearl Harbor and its effect on the United States, Japan, and World War II. I need to learn more about the point of view that Japan has about Pearl Harbor so I can explain that better to my students.
Now What?
Cues and Questioning will continue to be used in my classroom and I am going to get better and more comfortable with Advanced Organizers so I can have my students use them. I don’t want to limit what the students do because I am not comfortable with something. I see that Advanced Organizers can be very helpful in allowing the students to gather their thoughts and put them down on paper, brainstorm.
Master’s of Education in Secondary Education – MED
MISD & A&M – Commerce Partnership Cohort 2010
SED 513 Secondary School Curriculum – 3 SH
Carlos Soliz
Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers
What?
The strategy that I used was Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers. Honestly, I used the cues and questions part and not the advanced organizers. I have never used advanced organizers so I am not comfortable using them in my class, I know I am suppose to try everything but I did not.
So What?
Offering the students cues and questions I believe is just a part of teaching, getting them to think about what they are going to learn before they learn it. The cues let the students think about what they have learned about the topic in the past and draw from that. I did an assignment on Pearl Harbor and found out that many of my students had no idea about it. I had to give clues to them about what it led to and explained both the United States’ side and Japan’s side. Explained why Japan felt threatened by the United States. The students learned a lot about this event that drew the United States into World War II, which many students did not know. The students’ papers told me that learned about Pearl Harbor and its effect on the United States, Japan, and World War II. I need to learn more about the point of view that Japan has about Pearl Harbor so I can explain that better to my students.
Now What?
Cues and Questioning will continue to be used in my classroom and I am going to get better and more comfortable with Advanced Organizers so I can have my students use them. I don’t want to limit what the students do because I am not comfortable with something. I see that Advanced Organizers can be very helpful in allowing the students to gather their thoughts and put them down on paper, brainstorm.
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