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Apr 23

I just finished reviewing Builiding Thinking Classrooms by Peter Lijedahl. This teaching strategy builds student autonomy and responsibility for their education. It also makes the learning and the learning path more visible for students. Success criteria and mastery learning are also strategies that make the learning path more visible for students. How are they different? How are they the same?

There are also theories on the different learning modalities of students and the strategies that can be used to teach to these different modalities, such as kinesthetic, visual or auditory. But, there are also many other instructional strategies, such as differentiated instruction, explicit instruction, direct instruction, project based learning and flipped classroom, just to name a few. Each of these different instructional strategies promote students’ growth and achievement, and many of them overlap in their procedures and assessment tools. There are also differences between the different strategies, usually due to what the strategy prioritizes.

So, this is where I share that I need your help. I want to explore the similarities and differences between these strategies ultimately with a goal of helping teachers recognize and integrate the different strategies into their daily instruction. I am looking for input from anyone involved in education, even homeschoolers, on the different instructional strategies that you like and use and those that did not work for you. I am looking for suggestions on articles, research, blogs, and anything that talks about different instructional strategies, and any research that discusses how different strategies conflict or cohesively work well together. I am looking for your experiences and insights.

And homeschoolers, I am interested in your experience of finding curriculum and the decision you make around instruction and meeting the standards for your child’s grade level. I am also interested in why you chose to homeschool.

If you are uncomfortable sharing your experiences and insights in the comment section, you can send me an email at lindapatrellkim@gmail.com, or use the button below. Also, please let me know if I can use your name.

Thank you. I am looking forward to the conversations.

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