MI THEORY AND TEACHING STRATEGIES by Cami Figueira https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk SUMMARY OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ACCORDING TO EACH INTELLIGENCE. en-us 2017-07-09 19:37:36 UTC 2017-07-10 01:36:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png Teaching Strategies camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178339707
]]> 2017-07-09 19:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178339707 Storytelling. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178339748 By using this strategy you weave essential concepts, ideas, and instructionals golas into a story you tell directly to students. 
*Prepare for storytelling by listing the essential elements you`d like to include in the story.
*Then use your imagination to create a special setting.

]]> 2017-07-09 19:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178339748 Brainstorming. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178339915 Can be about anything.
General rules:
  • participants share whatever comes to mind that is relevant.
  • no put-downs or criticism of any idea.
  • every idea counts.
*Place ideas at random on the board or screen.
*Look for patterns or grouping in the ideas.
*invite students to reflect on the ideas or use of the ideas in a specific project
]]> 2017-07-09 19:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178339915 Tape recording. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340019 (tape recorders, audio recording devices including some softwares)
*They offer students a medium through which to learn about their linguistic powers and help them emply verbal skills to communicate, solve problems and express inner feelings.
*Use tape recorders to:
  •  "talk out loud" about anything students want.
  • to prepare a writing of a topic.
*Use them as collectors of information and as reporters of information.
]]> 2017-07-09 19:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340019 Journal writing camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340351 Keeping a personal journal involves students in making ingoing written records related to a specific domain.
*This domain can be:
  • broad 
  • open
  • quite specific
*the journal can be entirely private, share only between teacher-students or regularly read it to the class.
*incorporate other intelligences by allowing drawings, sketches, photos, dialogues and other nonverbal data
]]> 2017-07-09 20:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340351 Publishing camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340559 Writing is a powerful tool for communicatinf ideas and influencing people.
Provide students with the opportunity to publish and distribute their work.]]> 2017-07-09 20:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340559 Calculations and Quantifications. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340611 Talk about the numbers both inside and outside the math and science arena.
*In subjects such as History and Geography focus on stadistics.
*Literature: many literary works make reference to numbers.
*Keep alert for interesting numbers and intriguing math problems wherever they may be found. ]]> 2017-07-09 20:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340611 Classifications and Categoriza camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340851 The logical mind can be stimulated anytime information is put into some kind if rational framework.
*What to use?: Examples: Venn diagrams, time lines, attribute webs (listing the attributes of a person, place or thing as spokes around the subject) 5 W organizers (diagrams that answer who, what, when, where and why questions) and mind maps.
 ]]> 2017-07-09 20:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178340851 Socratic questioning (Critical-thinking movement) camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178341455 Teachers serve as a questioner of students` point of view  (model: Socrates)
Instead of talking at  students, the teacher participates in dialogues with  them, aiming to uncover the rightness or wrongness of their belief.
*Students------- share their hypotheses.
*Teacher------ guides the "testing" of that hypotheses.
Aim: to help students sharpen their own critical thinking skills.]]> 2017-07-09 20:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178341455 Heuristics. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178341997 This field refers to a loose collection of strategies, rules of thumbs, guidelines and suggestions for logical problem solving.
*example: finding analogies to a problem, separating the various parts of it, proposing a possible solution and then solving it.
*Heuristics provides students with logical maps to help them find their way around unfamiliar academic terrain.]]> 2017-07-09 20:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178341997 Science thinking. (fundamental understanding of the scientific process) camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178342138 There are ways to spread science thinking across the curriculum. 
Example: 
  • students can study the influence important scientific ideas have had on history. 
  • study science fiction with an eye toward discovering if the ideas described are feasible. 
In each part of the curriculum science provides another po
]]> 2017-07-09 21:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178342138 Visualization. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178342433 *Have students create their own "inner blackboard"  (or movie or video screen) in their own mind`s eye.
They can then place on this mental blackboard any material they need to remember.
*A more open-ended application: having students close their eyes and see pictures of what they`ve just read or studied
*They can draw or talk about their experiences.
* Teachers can also lead students through more formal "guided imagery" sessions.
*Students may experience nonspatial content as well during these activities]]> 2017-07-09 21:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178342433 Color cues camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178342889 Highly spatial students are often sensitive to color.
*Use a variety of colors of chalk, markers, and transparencies when writing in front of the class.
*Provide students with colored pencils and pens and colored paper on which to write assignments.
*Use color to emphasize patterns, rules or classifications.
*Students can use their favourite colors as a stress reducer when coping with difficult problems.]]> 2017-07-09 21:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178342889 Pictures metaphors. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178343234 The educational value of using metaphors lies in establishing between what a student already knows and what is being presented. 
*Key point o main concept: link the idea to a visual image. 
*Educators can tap the use of metaphors to help students master new material.]]> 2017-07-09 21:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178343234 Idea sketching. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345132 The I.D strategy involves asking students to draw the key point, main idea, central theme or core concept being taught. Neatness and realism should be de-emphasized in favor of a succession of quick sketched that help articulate an idea.
This strategy can be used to evaluate a student`s understanding of an idea. to emphasize a concept or to give students ample opportunity to explore an idea in grater depth. 
*Follow up the drawing activity with a discussion of the relationship between the drawings and the subject matter is important.]]> 2017-07-09 22:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345132 Graphic symbols. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345320 This strategy requires teachers to practice drawing ar least some parts of the lessons. For instance, by creating graphic symbols that depict the concepts to be learned. 
*The willingness to model imperfect drawing can actually serve as an example for students who feel shy about sharing their own drawing with the class.]]> 2017-07-09 22:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345320 Body answers. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345771 Students can provide "body answers" during a lecture by raising their hands, smile, blink one eye, hold up fingers, make flying motions with their arms, and so forth. ]]> 2017-07-09 23:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345771 Classroom theater. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345991 In order to bring up the actor in each of your students, ask them to enact the texts, problems or other material to be learned by dramatizing or role playing the content.
Classroom theater can be either formal or informal. ]]> 2017-07-09 23:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178345991 Kinesthetic concepts. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346190 This strategy involves introducing students to concepts through physical illustrations or asking students to pantomime specific concepts or terms from lesson. 
* This strategy requires students to translate information from linguistic or logical symbol systems into purely bodily-kinesthetic expression. 
*Simple pantomimes can also be extended into more elaborate creative movement experiences or dances.]]> 2017-07-09 23:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346190 Hands-On Thinking. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346466 *To learn by manipulating objects or by making things with their hands. 
*Teachers can extend this general strategy into many other areas. 
At a rote level, students can study spelling words or new vocabulary words by forming them in clay or with pipe cleaners.
At a higher cognitive level, students can express complex concepts by creating clay or wood sculptures, collages, or other assemblages. ]]> 2017-07-09 23:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346466 Body maps. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346667 The human body provides a convenient pedagogical tool when transformed into a reference point or "map" for specific knowledge domains.
*Most common examples: the use of fingers in counting and calculating.
*In geography, for example, the body might represent the United States. 
*The body can also be used to map out a problem-solving strategy in math.
By repeating physical movements that represent a specific process or idea, students can gradually internalize the preocess or idea.]]> 2017-07-09 23:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346667 Rhythm, songs, raps, and chants. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346834 Take the essence of whatever you are teaching and put it into a rhythmic format that can be either sung, rapped, or chanted. 
*Spelling words to the rhythm of a metronome or singing the times tables to the tune of a popular song. 
*Identify the main point you want to emphasize in a lecture, the main idea of a story, or the central theme of a concept and then place it in a rhythmic format. 
This strategy can also be enhanced through the addition of percussion or other musical instruments. ]]> 2017-07-09 23:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346834 Discographies. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346993 Supplement your bibliographies for the curriculum with list of recorded musical selections that illustrate, embody, or amplify the content you want to convey.
After listening to the recordings, the class can discuss the content of the songs in relations to the themes of the unit. 
Teachers can find recorded musical phrases, songs, or pieces that sum up in a compelling way the key point or main message of a lesson or unit.
Such "musical concepts" are often effective openers (providing and anticipatory set or "hook") to a lesson.]]> 2017-07-09 23:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178346993 Supermemory music. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347112 Students can more easily commit information to memory if the listen to the teachers instruction against a musical background. 
Students should be in a relaxed state while the teacher rhythmically gives the information to be learned against the musical background. 

]]> 2017-07-09 23:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347112 Musical concepts camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347179 Musical tones can be used as a creative tool for expressing concepts, patterns, or schemas in many subjects. 
For example: to convey musically the idea of a circle, begin humming at a certain tone, drop the tone gradually to a low note, and then gradually move up towards the original tone.
Teachers can also use rhythms to express ideas.
This strategy offers ample of opportunities for creative expression from both teachers and students.]]> 2017-07-09 23:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347179 Mood music camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347338 Locate recorded music that creates an appropriate mood or emotional atmosphere for a particular lesson or unit. Such music can even include sound effect, nature sounds, or classical or contemporary pieces that facilitate specific emotional states. ]]> 2017-07-10 00:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347338 Peer sharing. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347418 Sharing is perhaps the easiest of the MI strategies to implement. All you to do is say to students "turn to a person near you and share_________." The blank space can be filled with virtually any topic.
Sharing periods can be short ( seconds) or extended (up to and hour or more). 
Peer sharing can also evolve into peer tutoring or cross-age tutoring. ]]> 2017-07-10 00:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347418 People sculptures. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347637 This strategy can be brought together to a collectively represent in physical form an idea, a concept, or some other specific goal. 
The beauty of this approach is in having people represent things that were formerly represented only in books or lectures. 
People Sculptures raise learning out of its remote theoretical context and put it into an immediately accessible social setting.]]> 2017-07-10 00:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347637 Cooperative groups. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347843 The use of small groups working toward common instructional goals is the core component of the cooperative learning model. Such groups generally work mos effectively when they have three to eight members. Students in cooperative groups can tackle a learning assignment in a variety of ways.
*Written assignments.
 *Divide its responsibilities.
Cooperative groups provide students with a chance to operate as a social unit-an important prerequisite for successful functioning in real-life work environments. ]]> 2017-07-10 00:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178347843 Board games. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178348072 This strategy can be easily made using manila file folders, magic makers, a pair of dice, and miniature cards, people or colored cubes to serve as game pieces. 
Topics can include a wide range of subjects.
*The information to be learned can be placed on the individual squares of the winding road or on cards made from tag board or thick construction paper.
*Answers can be provided on a separate answer key, from a specially designed "answer person" or on the board squares or card themselves.
Teachers can also design beard games that involve quick open-ended ir activity-oriented  tasks]]> 2017-07-10 00:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178348072 Simulations camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178349258 A simulation involves a group of people coming together to create "as-if" environment.
This temporary setting becomes the context for getting into more immediate contact with the material to be learned. 
*Simulations can be quick and improvisational in nature, with the teacher providing an instant scenario to act out.
*They can be ongoing ad require substantial preparation, such as props, costumes and other paraphernalia to support the illusion.
The human interactions that take place help students develop a new level of understanding. ]]> 2017-07-10 00:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178349258 One-Minute reflection periods. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178349513 This strategy offers students time to digest the information presented or to connect it to happenings in their own lives.
*It can occur anytime during the school day, but ir may be particularly useful after the presentation of information that is especially challenging or central to the curriculum.
*Silence is usually the best environment for reflection.

]]> 2017-07-10 00:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178349513 Personal connections. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178349640 "What does all this have to do with my life?" (students general question.)
*It`s up to teachers to help answer this by continually making connections between what is being taught and the personal lives of their students. 
*This strategy asks teachers to weave students` personal associations, feelings, ans experiences into teachers` instruction. 
*Teacher may do so through questions, statements or requests.
* teachers should ask questions that relates the topic to students experiences.]]> 2017-07-10 00:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178349640 Choice time camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350050 This strategy consist of building in opportunities for students to make decisions about their learning experiences.
*The choice may be small and limited or they may be significant and open-ended.
*Choices may be related to content or to process. 
*Choices may be informal and spur of the moment or carefully developed and highly structured.]]> 2017-07-10 00:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350050 Felling-tone moments. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350232 We know that human beings possess an "emotional brain" consisting of several subcortical structures. To feed that emotional brain, educators need to teach with feeling.
This strategy suggests that educators are responsible for creating moments in teaching where students laugh, feel angry, express strong opinions, get excited about a topic, or feel a wide range of other emotions. 
*For example: Teachers can model those emotions themselves as they teach, then make it safe for students to have feelings in the classroom and finally, prove experiences that evoke feeling-toned reactions.  ]]> 2017-07-10 01:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350232 Goal-setting sessions. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350520 One of the characteristics of highly developed intrapersonal learners is their capacity to set realistic goals for themselves.
*Educators help students immeasurably in their preparation for life when they provide opportunities for setting goals.
*These goals may be short-term or long-term.
*The goals themselves can  relate to academic outcomes, wider learning outcomes or life goals.
*Teachers should try to allow time every day for students to set goals for themselves.]]> 2017-07-10 01:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350520 Nature walks. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350867 *Teachers might consider the benefit of "a walk in the woods" as a way of reinforcing material being learned inside of the classroom.
*Virtually any subject lends itself to a nature walk.
*Nature walks make a superb preparation for getting teacher`s class ready to do creative writing, drawing or other activities.

]]> 2017-07-10 01:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178350867 Windows onto learning. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351113 *There are many things to be accomplished, pedagogically speaking, by looking out a window. Like weather study, bird watching, understanding time and creative writing.
*Many subjects can take what`s beyond the window as a starting point, a place to briefly stop during a lesson, or a final stopping point.
*If the classroom doesn`t have a window or the window looks out into other classrooms or expanses of concrete then it`s not possible to fully realize the possibilities of this strategy. However, teachers might use the Visualization strategy to help their students imagine that they do hace imaginary windows that they can look out of to gain at least some semblance of connection to the natural world.]]> 2017-07-10 01:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351113 Plants as props. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351464 *Many teachers have adorned their windowsills or shelves with house plants simply to create a positive ambiance for learning. However, it is also useful to consider the practical advantage of using plants as learning tools. 
*For example: using the image of plant growth as a metaphor for the learning that is going on in the classroom.]]> 2017-07-10 01:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351464 Pet-in-the-classroom. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351701 This strategy underlines how important this particular addition to the classroom is in terms of sheer instructional values.
*Having a pet automatically creates for many naturalistically inclined students a "safe place" where they can go to have a relationship to the natural world and to feel a sense of caring for nature`s  beings.
*this also creates a sort of "reality check" for teachers and students alike, reminding them of our own connection to the animal world and our need sometimes to learn from the wisdom of our pets.]]> 2017-07-10 01:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351701 Eco-study. camifigueira3 https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351935 *Whatever is being  taught, whether it is history, science, math, literature, geography, social studies, art, music or any other subject, teachers should keep in mind its relevance to the ecology  of the earth.
Ecology should be integrated into every part of the school day.]]> 2017-07-10 01:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/camifigueira3/u9z0ip2k0eyk/wish/178351935