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Class 3:Classroom Discourse and Bloom’s

TaxonomyObjective:At the end of class you should be able to recognize and define a question or instructional activity as it relates to the hierarchical learning levels as defined in Bloom’s taxonomy.

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Thought Ignition

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Polar bears around an Ice Hole (A lesson on Physics)

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Classroom DiscourseThe term classroom discourse refers to the language that teachers and students use to communicate with each other in the classroom. Talking, or conversation, is the medium through which most teaching takes place, so the study of classroom discourse is the study of the process of face-to-face classroom teaching.

Sounds like last week’s

lesson!

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P (plus) M (minus) I (interesting)

Student

Teacher

Reflection: univocal (closed) vs dialogic (open)

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Benjamin Bloom, a psychologist, identified the

kinds of thinking humans do. He

created a TAXONOMY (a classification)

of the different levels of thinking

our brains can engage in.

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

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What you know.

Highest level - -need all the other levels for support.

Applying your knowledge.

Understanding of what you know.

Breaking down your understanding into parts. Figuring out how to use your knowledge to solve problems.

Judging , criticizing or reviewing according to a criteria.

Creating something that wasn’t there before.

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May be clearer to think in terms of 3 levels of thinking:

3. Conclusion(Synthesis and Evaluation)

1. Facts(Knowledge, Comprehension)

2. Interpretation

(Application and Analysis)

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Little Red Riding Bloom

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Galileo and the leaning tower of PisaFolklore has it that Galileo, in his long running argument with the Aristotelians, demonstrated his ideas on gravity by dropping two different sized rock from the Leaning Tower in Pisa.

20 minute conversation with Jim

Go to your Cornell Google calendar and schedule in a 20 minute slot to sit and have a chat with me. The conversation may include the following topics:

• What do you think of the seminar so far?• What is your level of interest in teaching Physics?• How is your TA experience going?• Tell me a bit about a teacher that was an important influence in your life.• What led you to Cornell?• From the floor…

Enter your name in the time slot when you schedule so I know who I will be talking to.

This conversation will not affect your grade in the seminar.

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