Implementing a High-Impact Environment Blog Module 2
How does instructional design
impact P-12 student learning? When I was getting my bachelor’s degree I had to
do lots of observations and learning from other teachers. Some teachers were
well prepared to teach their students and there were some that didn’t have it
together. I knew what kind of teacher I wanted to be. Looking at the reading
that we read we need to know what we are going to teach. Higher level thinking
skills are an important when teaching and planning your lessons. When teachers
follow the 5 steps of the higher-level thinking skills. With the first step
Determine Learning outcome and objectives helps the students be able to stay
focus. Step two Facilitate learning through high impact activities. This is
where you can come up with the activities that can help with the learning
outcome. Step three allows frequent opportunities to practice before
Assessment. This step allows the teachers to be able to practice the lessons
with their students before they do any assessments. Step 4 Continue to revive,
refine, and improve. This step is where we review what we taught and then we
can refine our lessons if needed and improve how the students learn. Step five
Assess learning outcomes and objectives. This step helps measured the students
learning and see what the outcome is after the assessments are done. This will
help you know what the students know and don’t know. Teachers need to be able
to support and help their students learn. We want our students to be successful
and that makes us know that we did our jobs right.
