Improving Instructional Design via 5E Model

Jennifer MilerPhD Learning Technology Student

University of North Texas

Constructivist Learning Theory and 5E Model

Prior Knowledge

Integration New Information

New Knowledge

Student Centered

Activities promoting students to THINK like a scientist.

Working Evaluation Model of Student Understanding

“Assessment is a process of determining "what is."

“Evaluation uses information based on the credible evidence generated through assessment to make judgments of relative value.”

Gardiner, L. F. (n.d.). The National Academy for Academic Leadership: Assessment and evaluation in higher education: Some concepts and principles. The National Academy for Academic Leadership. Retrieved from http://www.thenationalacademy.org/readings/assessandeval.html

Engage

Designed to tap into “prior knowledge”

Analogie

s Songs

Visual

Stories

Learning Technology ENGAGES

Explore

Student InteractionResearch: Critical activities to explore variety of

perspectives (Media Literacy)Defend a PerspectiveDebate or Discourse is encouraged

Learning Technologies Promote 21st Century Research and Collaboration

Explain

Interactive DiscussionIntroduce Scientific LanguageAnalog Vs. Target ConceptQuestioning

Learning Technologies Foster Explanation

Elaborate

Give students the freedom to apply their knowledge to give meaning.

Develops creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs.

Learning Technologies Fostering CREATORS.

Instructional Dilemmas with 5E

Knowing which tools to use and feeling overwhelmed◦Solution: Instructional coaching

Time◦Solution: Start class with engagement

Why do I need to know this? Asking challenging questions

◦Solution: allow for at least some Exploration before Explanation

Instructional Dilemmas with 5E

Students can’t apply knowledge on exam◦Solution: Build exercises that require students to practice Elaboration and apply concepts to new situations

Evaluation shows lack of understanding, too late to correct and change anything◦Solution: Collect form of evaluation evidence

every class period. ◦Reminder evaluation is not assessment.

Effects of Mobile Learning and 5E Learning Cycle

Meaningful use and hands on approaches using technology needed. More research needed in this area.

Recent studies show uses of mobile technologies in an outdoor environment following 5E to guide and motivate students effective.

Natural-Science, outdoor, inquire-based learning facilitated with handheld device lends itself to 5E

Further Research Needed

Best practice scenariosProcedures for using 5E with learning

technologiesDevelopment of meaningful tasks or

applicationsRoles of teacher/students using learning

technologies and 5E instructional model

In times of change, it is the learners that will inherit the earth while the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists.   Eric Hoffer

Works Cited

Orgill, M., & Thomas, M. (2007). Analogies and the 5E model. SCIENCE TEACHER-WASHINGTON-. Retrieved from http://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/tst07_074_01_40

Tanner, K. D. (2010). Approaches to Biology Teaching and Learning Order Matters : Using the 5E Model to Align Teaching with How People Learn, 9, 159–164. doi:10.1187/cbe.10

Liu, T., Peng, H., Wu, W., & Lin, M. (2009). The effects of mobile natural-science learning based on the 5E learning cycle: a case study. Educational Technology & Society, 12, 344–358. Retrieved from http://www.ifets.info/download_pdf.php?j_id=45&a_id=1006