QLE Model with Differentiated Instruction & Universal Design: Learner

Centered Methods

HST 423 Fall 2013

Mrs. Megan Tipton

Quality Learning Experience (Tonya Huber, PhD)

Goals Stress Importance of Self-Esteem

Focus on Learner Experience

Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Inclusion of Multiple Perspectives

Build Conceptual Interdisciplinarity

QLE Model

Differentiated Instruction

What is it?

  Challenged Average Gifted

CONTENT

What

Three crucial points

Three concepts

All aspects of the topic

In-depth study

PROCESS

How

Direct instruction of each step in the research process

Modeling

Independent work

Review and practice

Minimal instruction with probing questions for independent study

PRODUCT

Evaluation

Group paper of one page

Five page paper Power point presentation with computer generated graphics and tables

How Differentiated Instruction Works

Universal Design Learning Framework

Area 1 Presentation:To support recognition learning, provide multiple, flexible methods of presentation

Area 2 Expression & Apprenticeship: To support strategic learning, provide multiple, flexible methods of expression and apprenticeship.

Area 3 Engagement: To support affective learning, provide multiple, flexible options for engagement.

Activity 1: Activate prior or life experience knowledge

Class Brainstorm Web Write one word on the board with a circle around it

Have students write as many words or phrases around the word

Use the web throughout the entire chapter/unit, adding to it as the students learn more information

Abnormal

Activity 2: Provide for background knowledge

Buzz Groups

Divide the class into groups of 3 or 4. In each group hand out notecards that have a term on each one. The group is responsible for brainstorming as many examples as they can for each particular term. Once complete, one member from each group will present the discussed examples. The instructor will guide the class toward a comprehensive definition of the term based on the groups’ contributions.

Unusualness of behavior/deviation

from average

Subjective Discomfort

Inability to function/Maladaptiveness

Cultural Relativism/deviation

from ideal

Activity 3:Provide Contextual Knowledge

Hand out a copy of David Rosenhan’s study On Being Sane in Insane Places (1973).

Have students use summarization strategies to get a good idea of how labels have a possible negative connotation in the field of psychology. i.e., use the Argumentation Frame (Fig. 3.7) from Marzano

The Argumentation Frame

What information is presented that leads to a claim?

What is the basic statement or claim that is the focus of the information?

What examples or explanations are presented to support this claim?

What concessions are made about the claim?

Activity 4: Provide Content Critique & Processing

Hand out a copy of Myth #37: Psychiatric Labels Cause Harm by Stigmatizing People.

Have students complete an Advanced Organizer, using this article and the handout of Rosenhan’s study.

Once the students have completed the Organizer, have them write down their reaction to the following statement: Psychiatric labels stigmatize people. Do you

agree/disagree? Why? Use the articles to provide background information for your argument.

Advanced Organizer

Arguments Rosenhan Spitzer

Hypothesis

Scientific Evidence

Results

Activity 5: Provide Opportunity for Analysis

Since Rosenhan’s study is widely critiqued, students will complete a handout arguing whether or not Rosenhan’s study is or is not a valid test of the problems associated with labeling.

Activity 6:Interdisciplinarity

Students can either watch the film or read the book. Recalling information giving from previous articles, namely by Rosenhan and Spitzer, students will recognize the problems with the portrayal of mental disorders and mental facilities in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Students will then research how modern psychiatry and mental facilities have changed (if they have) and if there is or is not a stigma associated with mental illness in society today.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Quality Learning Experiences: Advantages

Provides appropriate learning time

Interdisciplinary approach – range of methods and content areas

Supports Differentiated Instruction

Compatible with Universal Design Principles

Multicultural content – in-depth exploration of perspectives and experiences

Holistic context – emphasis on human aspect of social studies

Sources

Alber, R. Class brainstorm web. Retrieved August 16, 2013, from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/prior-knowledge-tapping-into-often-classroom-rebecca-alber

Hock, R. R. (2009). Forty studies that changed psychology: Explorations into the history of psychological research. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 227-235.

Lilienfeld, S.O., Lynn, S.J., Ruscio, J., & Beyerstein, B.L. (2010). 50 great myths of popular psychology: Shattering widespread misconceptions about human behavior. UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Marzano, R.J., Pickering, D.J., & Pollock, J.E. (2005) Classroom instruction that works. New Jersey: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. Retrieved from www.youtube.com