Prompt: Discuss the practicality of surveys and inventories
for the KWL procedure in your teaching situation
KWL,
as discussed in Shermis and Di Vesta (2011) is before learning, what do the
students want to know about the
topic? During learning, what do the want to know? After learning, what have
they learned about the topic?
KWL
is something I had no experience with until one of my courses here at SPU. Since using it in class, I love the procedure. Throughout my internship, we have done
something similar to KWL but have not actually used the exact procedure. Before each unit, we have done not only a
pre-assessment of knowledge but also a survey similar to KWL. We want to know what the students already
know about a topic, what they want to learn and any questions about it the
topic. I typically begin with blank note
cards and I have the students write any questions they have about our new unit.
This allows us to tailor the learning to
them specifically. It does put more work
on us, especially when you have so many of the same class; however, it is
totally worth it when you know they are interested in what you are teaching
because they asked for it. In the
future, I would like to plan an activity using KLW formally for health. This procedure would probably not fit into
weight training as well but could fit nicely with health. In another SPU course, we have used KLW for a
note taking procedure. What we already
knew from the reading, what we learned and something we wonder. I could also see using the KWL in this format
note taking in relationship to a video or reading an article. What I value most about this procedure is that
it puts students in control of their learning.
Shermis, M. D., & J., D. V. (2011). Classroom assessment in action. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield.
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