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Explain, in your own words, what “processing activities” are and how they contribute to a coherent curriculum.
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We are going to draw pictures of the baby Jesus and the nativity scene. Read Luke 2:1-21: And tell the story in your own words.
Probably in another time this could be done as a skit and they could all dress up. THEY CAN COMPREHEND ALL THAT WENT ON IN THAT TIME AND PLACE. -
Processing activities allow students to analyze and critique concepts learned. My students do this through analyses of their lab activities. Especially in the “conclusions” section they have the opportunity to reflect and refine their ideas.
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A way to know to test students understanding, to what extend students have learned so far and if they are able to implement it in various ways by still using the same concept.
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As an English teacher, we do a lot of journaling and writing activities in my course. We also do a lot of discussion activities, particularly in our literature units. I feel as though both of these things are important to my students as a whole. I like to include activities for both internal processing and verbal processing. I have many students who learn and discover in different ways, so I attempt to provide multiple types of processing activities. For this reason, I try to incorporate visual arts activities as well. One of my courses thrives on discussion activities and another grows through more internal processing activities, but I make sure we still practice varieties of processing. When we allow our students to have multiple ways of processing, they can learn on a fuller spectrum.
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When you break down the lessons and use examples and activities that demonstrate the point.