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I’m a future Social Studies teacher that is trying to get a feel for what learning processes work for high school students. I know that when I was in high school I never really liked the lectures and the note taking and I’m trying to urge myself to move away from that. I always thought that a more active learning environment would motivate the students to learn more. For example, re- enacting the revolutionary war in my classroom, obviously on a smaller scale, than just reading about it, listening about it or taking notes on it. Therefore, my question would have to be which works better, an active environment or a passive environment? Any suggestions or advice that you can give me would be greatly appreciated in the utmost way.
Eric Absolutely go with the active environment. I always try to put myself in the students' shoes. How would I like to learn? Of course, you need to mix-up your instructional practices to meet all your students' learning styles, but I would say go with your gut on this one - more active classroom. Plus, it will be more enjoyable for you, modeling to you...See More
Mar 29, 2010


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