My field work placement has me observing two teachers. So, for all blog posts I will be referring to both teachers. One as Mrs. S and one as Mr. D. One thing I noticed right away in Mrs. S's class is that the students are encouraged to highlight and write notes in their text. This is a form of procedural metacognition, giving them tools so that they can learn how to take notes and get things from their notes. I wasn't there when this would have been described to them. In Mr. D's class, he gave them a project to work on in class. He told them who was in their groups and sent them to go work. There wasn't any instruction past that.
However, this seemed to be just fine. I watched for the metacognition needs of the students, and was surprised. I believe they might have done this type of project before, because they got right to work and worked without any problems. I went to three different groups and all three were working well with no problems. They all knew what they were meant to do and were working really well together. One of the groups that I went to, by the time I got there, had already been done for a few minutes. I imagine this is due to Mr. D's previous instruction. In addition, I didn't see any needs in Mrs. S's class either.
When I teach my lesson, I'll keep in mind the metacognition tasks that I've already seen the teachers employ. I'll try to stay on course of what their teachers have already taught them so that the needs that have already been fulfilled can continue to be fulfilled.
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