Your Need-Levels-Choice
Implementation Report (& Peer Reviews)
I have said this already - there is no point in learning a new strategy if you don't implement it a few times with your students. And once you have implemented, we all want to know about your implementations experiences.
If you have already implemented Need-Levels-Choice - awesome! Let us know in a short paragraph or two how it went for you and your students.
However, you may not have had an opportunity to implement Need-Levels-Choice strategy yet.
If this is you:
- Make sure you IMPLEMENT Need-Levels-Choice asap.
- And be sure to SHARE your experience back here?
The big risk is ...
The risk is, you intend to implement it, but life gets in the way. Then two months pass, and you simply forget to do it.
Don't be that person - make it happen. Put it in your planner!
Tip:
Keep the weekly reminder emails coming (don't turn them off) until you've implemented and written your report!
I look forward to reading your report when you post it!
Peer Reviews:
Respond to at least one implementation report from each of the two implementation pages. Click 'Reply' to the post you want to peer-review and then post your reply.
Keep progressing to the last page of the last module ...
After writing your comment, navigate through all pages of this and the next (final) module. The last page is where you inform us you have finished!
Thanks,
Richard.
Two past implementations ...
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Kerryn Warburton
Successful trial, busy lesson I tried the approach after the school holiday break as the students would most likely be a bit rusty of our initial lessons on equations. It worked well! The students embraced the choice of equations and most were keen to check their answers before moving on to the next level. The weaker students were able to reach level 2 when they talked through their strategy with me. When students needed a method, most were comfortable to use a backtracking approach- my next challenge is to shift them to a less time consuming method- any thoughts? Richard That is awesome Kerryn. Well done. Re the backtracking approach - I really don't like it. I used it for a while (it makes sense that it would be easier to follow) but it doesn't make conceptual sense as the balance method does. You must have missed the video where I demo the method I use ... or more to the point, the WAY I use the balance method (to de-algebra the instruction!) Check that out. I do think that is the way to go. Page 370. |
Matthew Martin
I printed the booklets - they were a great help. The Need-Levels-Choice approach went pretty well considering the time of term/year etc. I will keep going. This is better than my usual method, I reckon. Colleagues sounded very keen too! Richard This is great to hear, Matthew. |
Doha Adra
The Need-Levels-Choice approach is great! It empowered my students to take charge of their learning and makes a huge difference to their engagement and performance. Equations is one of those units that could go either way - students may enjoy it or not. However, I found implementing the Need-Levels-Choice built the confidence and independence in students that we educators are desperately trying to achieve.
Richard
Great to hear you are a fan, Doha. Well done for fully implementing N-L-C.
The Need-Levels-Choice approach is great! It empowered my students to take charge of their learning and makes a huge difference to their engagement and performance. Equations is one of those units that could go either way - students may enjoy it or not. However, I found implementing the Need-Levels-Choice built the confidence and independence in students that we educators are desperately trying to achieve.
Richard
Great to hear you are a fan, Doha. Well done for fully implementing N-L-C.
