Authentic Learning for All: Evidence of Learning and Differentiating Instruction Hazlet Township Public Schools Professional Development Day February 18, 2011 M. Natanagara (2011)

Authentic learning ► demonstrates meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills ► targets worthy problems or questions of importance ► is analogous to the kinds of problems faced by adult citizens and consumers or professionals in the real world

Learning to Date: September 3, 2010 Alan November keynote supports Authentic Learning October 11, 2010 UbD and Authentic Assessments December 3, 2010 Authentic Assessments  Authentic Activities January 14, 2011 How to measure: performance tasks, checklists, rubrics

Today’s Discussion ► Authentic learning  Evidence  Personalizing instruction based on ► Learning styles ► Intelligence ► Engagement ► Subject area/Cross-school Articulation

Evidence of learning Crime Scene Investigation Crime Scene Investigation How strong is your evidence?

Evidence of learning Learning Challenge: Nim How did learning take place? ► Examples of evidence from classrooms ► What constitutes good evidence?

Authentic learning …incorporates student individuality & input and personalizes learning through an understanding of: 1.Learning styles 2.Multiple intelligences 3.Engagement

1. Learning Styles What’s Your Learning Style? Try a Learning Style Inventory How do you identify individual student learning styles? 2. 2.How does knowing this help students? 3. 3.How do you differentiate based on learning styles? Handout

2. Multiple Intelligences What’s your dominant intelligence? Try a Multiple Intelligence inventory: Handout

3. Student Engagement Behavioral, Emotional and Cognitive components Involves: Student choice Participation/involvement Rules Relationships and interactions Independence Learning to cope with failure Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris (2004). School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research, 74,

Student Engagement Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation ”The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.” -Daniel Pink, Drive

Student Engagement Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation Why Extrinsic Motivation Doesn't Work "If a reward — money, awards, praise, or winning a contest — comes to be seen as the reason one is engaging in an activity, that activity will be viewed as less enjoyable in its own right." –Alfred Kohn 1. It’s not sustainable 2. You get diminishing returns 3. It hurts intrinsic motivation Factors that promote intrinsic motivation Challenge Control Cooperation Recognition Happiness Trust

Coming soon to a future Master Teacher Innovation Lab! in a Co-Teaching Model Differentiating Instruction in a Co-Teaching Model

March 25 session: Authentic lesson demos

Articulation LAL/SSMath/Science ► Sharing, concerns, plans ► Topics for our last (March) session?

Other Resources Engagement: Edutopia Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement: UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools: Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation: Pink, Daniel (2009). Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. NY: Riverhead Books. Multiple intelligences (graphic):