For now we focus on preparations for exams. So all the way from Year 7 to Year 11, it’s preparation for IGCSE exams. I do incorporate many students centered activities in my lessons, because I want the students to be talking most of the lesson time. So I've got a few examples here on how I can engage the students and have them working together and learning actively
For instance, we used Follow Me Cards in class where these students work together in groups of two or groups of three and they just have to match one end of the card to the other. This isn't necessarily right that this has to match with that and then eventually makes a chain of cards. That's one type of activity. We also have another one called Tarsia Puzzle where it's similar although this time we've got three sides which they have to match and piece together and eventually it will form a shape. That's what we call it Tarsia Puzzle. You can use these sort of card exercises for many different topics. I can have the students working groups. We also have Rally Coach where the students take turns so the students will attempt and exercise while for another student, their partner will watch them, coach them and make sure they're doing the right thing. So they take turns doing that. And actually some students do very well. We have another sort of activity Sieve of Eratosthenes. This is all about identifying Prime numbers. Like any opportunity I get to have the students work together, I printed out on A3 and I have them working together in pairs.
In my typical lesson, hopefully I'm only talking about 20 % of the time for no more than about 5 to 10 minutes at a time. The rest of the time, the students are sitting together, working together, thinking together and engaging in the activities together.
现在我们关注考试的准备工作,从七年级到十一年级都在为IGCSE考试做准备。我确实在课堂上融入了许多以学生为中心的活动,因为我希望学生在大部分上课时间能够参与其中。我这里有几个例子阐释一下我如何让学生参与进来让他们一起合作,积极学习。
例如,“Follow Me”卡片,让这些学生以两人一组或三人一组的方式一起,他们只需要将卡片的一端与另一端匹配,并没有唯一正确合适的匹配方式,然后最终形成一个卡片链。这是一种类型的活动,另一个称为镶嵌拼图,它很类似,我们有三个边,他们必须匹配和拼合在一起,最终它会形成一个形状,这就是我们所说的镶嵌拼图。你可以用这些卡片练习很多不同的主题。我可以让学生们组成工作小组。我们还有 Rally Coach 让学生轮流进行,以便学生尝试和锻炼,而对于另一个学生,他们的搭档会看着他们,指导他们并确保他们做正确的事情。所以他们轮流这样做。实际上有些学生做得很好。我们还有另一种质数筛选算法活动,这都是关于识别素数的。就像我让学生们一起工作的任何机会一样,我在 A3 上打印出来,让他们两两协作。
在我课上,希望我只讲20%的时间,一次不超过5到10分钟,剩下的时间学生们坐在一起,一起学习,一起思考,一起参与活动。
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