Transcript Curriculum Topic Study – An SRB Tool for Leaders

Curriculum Topic Study
and Study Groups
Learning Goals
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To develop understanding of how Curriculum
Topic Study can support the work of and be
useful for Study Groups.
What is a Study Group
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Collegial, more job-embedded professional
learning
Collaborative problem solvers
Mutual examiners of teaching and learning
A safe, nonjudgmental environment for
reflection and action to enhance teaching and
learning
Key Elements of Study Groups
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Organized around specific topics or issues of
importance to the members
Varied structures (implementation, investigation,
research-sharing, institutionalization)
Self direction and self governance contribute to
their success
Mock Study Group
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Sit in groups of 4-6.
At your table, you are in a study group that has
decided to examine the difficulty students have
designing experiments that involve controlling
variables.
Read the Background & Scenario
Topic Elicitation- KWL
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What do you know about experimental design before
you begin the study?
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What types of instructional opportunities or contexts help
students learn skills and knowledge of experimental design?
What are some important concepts at your grade level?
What difficulties or misconceptions do have with this topic?
What would you like to learn about teaching
experimental design?
Topic Study: Experimental
Design
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Divide up the sections/readings.
Use the handout, Linking CTS Findings to
the Student Inquiry Scaffold to record
findings.
Discuss the CTS
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Use the EVIDENCE from your reading- not your
PERSONAL perspectives
What should students know and be able to do?
What are some of the instructional implications for
teaching experimental design?
Experience the Lesson
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Use the Student Inquiry Scaffold.
In what ways does the lesson address the
content revealed in the CTS?
Reflection & Evaluation