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On the Go Unit Scope and Sequence View
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Activating Prior Knowledge - Explore the main concepts of activating prior
knowledge - Examine how activating prior knowledge is
used in teaching and learning - Learn strategies for activating prior knowledge
- Importance of activating prior knowledge - How to target important prior knowledge - How to use anticipation guides - How to use carousel walks - Using questions to activate prior knowledge - Fostering curiosity to activate prior knowledge - General strategies for activating prior
knowledge - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Active Learning - Explore the main concepts of active learning
- Examine how active learning strategies are used in teaching and learning
- Learn strategies for engaging students in active learning
- Importance of active learning - Definition of active learning - Teacher and student roles in active learning - Myths about active learning - Strategies for incorporating active learning - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Assessment for Learning - Explore the main concepts of formative
assessment (assessment for learning) - Importance of formative assessment
(assessment for learning)
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Classroom Management - Explore the main concepts of classroom
management - Examine how classroom management is used
in teaching and learning - Learn strategies for classroom management
- Importance of classroom management - Seven features of effective classroom
management - Analysing and overcoming behavioural
challenges - Proactive classroom management strategies - Motivational classroom management
strategies - Seating arrangements for effective classroom
management - Daily routines for classroom management - Positive peer relationship strategies - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Differentiated Instruction - Explore the main concepts of differentiated
instruction - Examine how differentiated instruction is used
in teaching and learning
- Importance of differentiating instruction - Defining differentiated instruction - Ways to differentiate instruction - Using assessment to plan for differentiation
- Examine how formative assessment (assessment for learning) is used in teaching and learning
- Learn strategies for using formative assessment (assessment for learning)
- Formative versus summative assessment - Overview of formative assessment
(assessment for learning) - Formative assessment cycle - Strategies for formatively assessing students - Reflecting on formative assessments - Applying learning to a classroom task
- Learn strategies for differentiating instruction - Using anticipation guides - Strategies for differentiating activities - Strategies for differentiating instruction - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Effective Feedback - Explore the main concepts of effective
feedback - Examine how effective feedback is used in
teaching and learning - Learn strategies for providing effective
feedback
- Importance of effective feedback - Characteristics of effective feedback - Key questions for formative feedback - What to consider for effective feedback - Types of feedback - Strategies for providing effective feedback - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Effective Questioning - Explore the main concepts of effective
questioning - Examine how effective questioning is used in
teaching and learning - Learn strategies for engaging in effective
questioning
- Importance of effective questioning - Critical thinking questions and Bloom’s
taxonomy - Purposes of questions - Strategies for asking effective questions - Importance of wait time - Using concept maps to build critical thinking
skills - Using technology to build critical thinking skills - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Metacognitive Skills - Explore the main concepts of metacognitive
skills - Examine how metacognitive skills are used in
teaching and learning - Learn strategies for engaging students’
metacognitive skills
- Importance of metacognitive skills - Metacognition in the classroom - Research on metacognition - Growth mindset and brain plasticity - Using questioning to build metacognition - Creating a classroom climate for
metacognition - Strategies for building metacognitive skills - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Teaching with Technology - Explore the main concepts of teaching with
technology - Examine how teaching with technology is used
in teaching and learning - Learn strategies for teaching with technology
- Importance of teaching with technology - Technology integration models - Valid purposes for incorporating technology
into lessons - Using webquests - Teaching students how to search online - Using technology to support differentiation
and real-world problem-solving - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Assessment Literacy - Explore main ideas about assessment literacy
- Examine features of high-quality assessments - Learn strategies for using assessment
according to purpose and timing
- Importance of assessment literacy - Purposes of assessment - Types of assessments and assessment items - Features of high-quality assessments - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Introduction to Social Emotional Learning
- Gain an understanding of student wellbeing - Learn about the wellbeing issues that are
affecting young people today - Gain an understanding of social and emotional
learning and the impact that nurturing social, emotional and cognitive development has on improving student learning outcomes
- Defining student wellbeing - Statistics around student wellbeing - Defining social and emotional learning - Benefits of addressing social and emotional
learning - Strategies to address social and emotional
learning - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Explore the main concepts of Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Examine the types and characteristics of Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Learn strategies for teaching and developing Higher Order Thinking Skills to engage students and enhance learning
- Importance of Higher Order Thinking Skills - Bloom’s revised taxonomy and Higher Order
Thinking Skills - Strategies for explicitly teaching Higher Order
Thinking Skills - Types of Higher Order Thinking Skills - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Teacher Wellbeing - Gain an understanding of teacher wellbeing
- Examine the prevalence of factors that affect teacher wellbeing
- Recognize how wellbeing affects teacher health and performance and subsequently that of their students
- Defining teacher wellbeing - Dimensions of wellbeing - Strategies for improving health, work-life
balance, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction - Using social connections to improve teacher
wellbeing
- Learn strategies to improve and maintain teacher wellbeing
- Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Visible Thinking Routines - Examine the main concepts of Visible Thinking
Routines - Learn strategies for selecting appropriate
Visible Thinking Routines for specific purposes - Learn a selection of Visible Thinking Routines
- Importance of making thinking visible - Building metacognitive skills by making
thinking visible - Defining Visible Thinking Routines - Purposes for different Visible Thinking
Routines - Strategies for incorporating Visible Thinking
Routines in the classroom - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Lesson Planning - Examine the main ideas about lesson planning
- Examine characteristics of effective lesson plans
- Create an effective lesson plan
- Importance of lesson planning - Characteristics of effective lesson plans - Key areas of classroom practice in lessons - Planning for lesson delivery and classroom
management - Components of an effective lesson plan - Lesson plan formats - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Big Ideas in Teaching Fractions
- Learn the big ideas for teaching fractions - Learn strategies for teaching fractions - Apply learning to a practical task
- Emphasising number sense and the meaning of fractions
- Using physical models and contexts - Fractions are numbers and using number lines
to represent them - Fraction equivalences - Using benchmarks and estimation - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Using Hands-On Materials for Fractions
- Learn the main ideas for using hands-on materials for fractions
- Learn strategies for using the different hands-on materials in the classroom
- Learn strategies for questioning to guide students’ exploration of fractions using hands-on materials and representations
- Apply learning to a practical task
- Various hands-on fraction models - Strategies for using hands-on materials - Questioning strategies for fractions - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Basic Concepts of Fractions - Learn the main ideas in the basic concepts of
fractions - Learn strategies for using each of the three
models of fractions in the classroom - Learn strategies for incorporating the five
meanings of fractions in the classroom - Apply learning to a practical task
- Three models for fractions - Five meanings of fractions - Strategies for teaching the meanings of
fractions - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Beginning Concepts of Fractions
- Learn how composing and decomposing shapes and partitioning shapes prepares students to learn about fractions
- Learn strategies for teaching students about partitioning and reassembling
- Examine a common fraction misconception of students
- Learn strategies for helping students overcome the misconception
- Apply learning to a practical task
- Early experiences composing and decomposing shapes
- Connecting partitioning shapes to fraction concepts
- Teaching strategies for unit fractions - Addressing confusion about unequal parts - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Developing Concepts of Fractions
- Learn main ideas in developing concepts of fractions around non-unit fractions, representing fractions on a number line, and using the set model for fractions
- Learn strategies for teaching students about non-unit fractions and representing fractions using a number line and set models
- Examine common fraction misconceptions of students
- Learn strategies for helping students overcome the misconceptions
- Apply learning to a practical task
- Teaching non-unit fraction concepts - Connecting fractions to the number line - Developing understanding of fractions using
the set model - Strategies for addressing misconceptions
around group thinking, naming of fractions, part to part ratios, and fractions greater than 1
- Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Intermediate Concepts of Fractions
- Learn main ideas in intermediate concepts of fractions, such as partitioning, reassembling, and identifying equivalent fractions
- Learn strategies for developing students’ ability to partition and reassemble fractions
- Learn strategies for helping students understand equivalent fractions
- Examine common fraction misconceptions of students
- Learn strategies for helping students overcome the misconceptions
- Apply learning to a practical task
- Building flexibility through partitioning, iterating, and reassembly of fraction parts
- Developing understanding of fraction equivalence
- Strategies for addressing misconceptions around reassembling, additive thinking, and determining the whole
- Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Advanced Concepts of Fractions
- Learn main ideas in advanced concepts of fractions such as comparing fractions with like numerators or denominators and comparing fractions using number sense
- Learn strategies for developing students’ ability to compare fractions in different ways
- Examine a common fraction misconception - Learn strategies for helping students
overcome the misconception - Apply learning to a practical task
- Teaching number sense strategies for comparing fractions
- Connecting fractions to decimals - Fractions, ratios, and proportions - Larger denominator is larger fraction
misconception - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Inquiry-Based Learning - Define and describe inquiry-based science
learning - Compare inquiry-based learning with
traditional lecture-based learning - Analyse the importance of inquiry-based
learning to the nature of science and scientific thinking
- Understand and evaluate the differences between open-ended inquiry and structured inquiry
- Analyse examples of inquiry-based learning in classroom scenarios
- Learn strategies for designing inquiry-based learning activities
- Inquiry-based learning versus traditional learning
- Benefits of inquiry-based learning - Types of inquiry - Designing open-ended inquiry - Incorporating inquiry into the classroom - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered The Nature of Science - Investigate the effectiveness of direct
instruction of scientific thinking and the nature of science
- Evaluate the importance of scientific thinking in the world outside the classroom
- Analyse scientific communication and its role in the popular perception of science, scientists, and science concepts
- Learn strategies for incorporating nature-of-science instruction into inquiry-based classroom practice
- Teaching the nature of science through direct instruction
- Incorporating nature of science concepts into an inquiry-based classroom
- Strategies for teaching nature of science concepts and fostering scientific thinking
- Fostering scientific literacy and science communication
- Assessing students’ scientific communication - Applying learning to a classroom task
- Explore how to develop and apply student scientific thinking and scientific literacy across disciplines
- Investigate how to use instruction on the history of science to foster scientific thinking
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Prior Knowledge and Misconceptions in Science
- Identify and analyse common scientific preconceptions students have
- List typical scientific preconceptions, misconceptions, assumptions, and fallacies for students of different ages
- Identify and apply strategies for addressing misconceptions
- Gain strategies for eliciting and building on prior knowledge
- Develop tools for identifying and applying strategies for addressing misconceptions
- Activating prior knowledge in the science classroom
- Building on students’ prior knowledge - Identifying misconceptions in the science
classroom - Using misconceptions to facilitate learning - Addressing and correcting students’
misconceptions - Common misconceptions in the science
classroom by grade level - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Differentiating Science Instruction
- Analyse the challenges science content can present to differentiated learners
- Describe the advantages and challenges of inquiry-based instruction for different learning styles and abilities
- Learn strategies for organising and managing a classroom for differentiated science instruction
- Benefits of using inquiry-based learning to differentiate instruction
- Challenges of inquiry-based learning for differentiating instruction
- Designing and managing differentiated instruction
- Scaffolding activities - Applying learning to a classroom task
- Learn strategies for designing inquiry-based classroom activities that accommodate different learners
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Technology in the Science Classroom
- Analyse the interdependence of scientific inquiry and science technology
- Develop strategies for evaluating classroom technology and its effectiveness in science learning
- Incorporate the technology of scientific inquiry, such as models, simulations, communication technology, and observation technology
- Describe the use of communication technology in collaboration in science
- Learn strategies for integrating both classroom and scientific technology into instruction
- Connection between science and technology - Types of classroom technology - Evaluating technology use in science lessons - Strategies for using technology in inquiry-
based learning - Using technology for collaboration and
communication - Using technology to support scaffolding - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Classroom Management Challenges in Science
- Analyse challenges of science and inquiry-based learning for classroom management
- Learn strategies for effective grouping for inquiry
- Develop effective student-teacher interaction during inquiry
- Understand strategies for directing and managing open-ended or student-led inquiry
- Classroom management challenges in an inquiry-based science classroom
- Strategies for managing open-ended inquiry - Grouping strategies - Using communication in inquiry-based
learning - Transitioning through inquiry-based learning
lessons
- Generate strategies for transitioning between science learning modes
- Classroom management best practices - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Interdisciplinary Integration in Science
- Analyse the interrelationship between science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM)
- Recognize the role of the humanities in scientific creativity, communication, and application
- Analyse the importance of interdisciplinary skills in inquiry-based learning
- Learn strategies for designing interdisciplinary projects or topics of inquiry
- Apply disciplinary strategies to differentiated instruction challenges in science
- Understand strategies for identifying and supporting interdisciplinary skills during inquiry
- Importance of STEM integration - Planning and implementing STEM-based
inquiry-based learning - Incorporating the humanities into science and
inquiry-based learning - Differentiating science lessons through
interdisciplinary integration - Supporting and differentiating math and
language arts in science - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Assessment of Science Learning
- Analyse the challenges of assessing inquiry-based learning
- Evaluate best practices for assessing student inquiry, including both formative and summative assessments
- Describe the use and effectiveness of student self-assessment in inquiry-based learning
- Challenges of assessing inquiry-based learning - Best practices for assessing inquiry-based
learning - Providing effective feedback in an inquiry-
based classroom - Self-assessments in inquiry-based learning - Preparing students to standardized tests
- Learn strategies for generating performance and content assessment for inquiry-based learning
- Generate feedback that promotes ongoing inquiry
- Develop strategies to help students prepare for standardized tests
- Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Problem Solving - Explore the main elements of problem solving
- Learn strategies for teaching students how to use critical thinking to solve problems
- Discover activities to help students develop problem solving skills
- Importance of problem solving - Understanding growth mindset and its
influence on students’ problem solving - Steps to problem solving - Using questions to promote problem solving - Problem solving in inquiry and project-based
learning - Strategies for fostering problem solving in the
classroom - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Creative Thinking Skills - Explore how creative thinking skill learned in
the classroom set students up for success - Discover how technology can be used to
develop creative thinking skills - Learn strategies for teaching creative thinking
skills in the classroom
- Importance of creative thinking skills - Characteristics of creative thinking and
creative thinking skills - Strategies for teaching creative thinking skills - Using technology to build creative thinking
skills - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Effective Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
- Explore how effective verbal communication often relies on asking the right questions
- Discover how effective non-verbal communication hinges upon good listening and observational skills
- Learn how to implement non-verbal signalling in the classroom
- Learn strategies for teaching effective verbal and non-verbal communication in the classroom
- Importance of communication skills - Effective verbal communication in the
classroom - Strategies for teaching effective verbal
communication - Effective non-verbal communication in the
classroom - Strategies for incorporating non-verbal
signalling in the classroom - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Collaborative Group Norms - Explore the main concepts of collaborative
group norms - Examine how collaborative group norms are
used in teaching and learning - Learn strategies for creating, maintaining, and
assessing collaborative group norms
- Importance of collaborative group norms - Strategies for creating collaborative group
norms - Strategies for maintaining collaborative group
norms - Assessing collaborative group norms - Applying learning to a classroom task
On the Go Unit Learning Outcomes Topics Covered Divergent and Convergent Thinking
- Explore the main concepts of divergent and convergent thinking
- Examine how divergent and convergent thinking are used in teaching and learning
- Importance of divergent and convergent thinking
- Differences between divergent and convergent thinking
- Learn strategies for divergent and convergent thinking
- Strategies for building students’ divergent thinking skills
- Strategies for building students’ convergent thinking skills
- Solving problems using divergent and convergent thinking
- Applying learning to a classroom task