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reDesign has created a research-based instructional model that emphasizes investigation, synthesis, and independent learning. Check out the bare-bones of our model and let us know what you think.
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Fostering Independent Learning
the reDesign Collaborative
The Framework for Effective Instruction (FEI) is a critical part of the reDesign Collaborative: a teaching and learning initiative designed to provide “at promise” students with powerful and empowering learning communities.
The FEI provides teachers with a way to teach students the Independent Learning Strategies that are crucial for the successful navigation of the academic environment.
35% of students who withdraw early from college identify the challenge of the academic work as the reason they left school;
• College professors are dissatisfied with students’ …ability to think critically (66%), work and study habits (65%), and ability to do research (59%).
• 42% of employers are dissatisfied with graduates’ ability to think analytically;
• 41% of employers are dissatisfied with graduates’ ability to…understand difficult material.
--Achieve, Inc, 2005
• The ability to use high-impact literacy strategies—questioning, determining
importance, inferring, predicting--to understand complex texts;
• The skill of metacognition—the ability to plan, make mid-course corrections, and
reflect on their learning and actions;
• The capacity to think critically: analyze, evaluate, synthesize, create.
The FEI
• Research-based • Highly-Scaffolded • Cross-Disciplinary
The research-based practices embedded in the FEI…
Instructional Practices Learning Strategies
• Launching the Lesson
• Investigating new content, skills, strategies
• Synthesizing new learning
• Assessing new Learning
• Reflecting on new learning
Cross-Disciplinary Independent Learning Strategies
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