QED 527Engaging Prior Knowledge

Done by:Aishah, Geraldine, Sung, Hefang & Bugan

Content

Why Prior Knowledge is Important

Activating Prior Knowledge

ICT Tool 1: Google Site

ICT Tool 2: Popplet

Benefits and Problems of Implementing Prior

Knowledge Strategies

What is prior knowledge?

“Pre-existing beliefs, experience and

understanding of information”

What is prior knowledge?

Made up ‘theories’ to make sense of

things

Travel Experiences

Race, religious beliefs, culture

Books

Media

Importance of prior knowledge

“Necessary to understand learners’

knowledge that they bring to a given

teaching situation”

Importance of prior knowledge

Can assist learners in successfully

mastering new content

Raw material that conditions

learning

Serves as a basic building block

To instill curiosity and interest

To anchor and extend learners’

understanding

To help learners recognize that what is

being taught have some connection with

their existing knowledge

Purpose of prior knowledge

How to activate Prior Knowledge?

BRAINSTORM!!! Lino

How to activate Prior Knowledge

Answering questions Check lists Quizzes Worksheets

KWL-Strategy What I Know What I Want to find out What is Learnt

Interactive Discussion Group discussions (e.g. forums, blogs)

How to activate Prior Knowledge

Commonly shared prior experiences News Stories Pictures

Semantic Maps/Graphic Organisers The whole and its parts Cause and effect Similarities and differences

ICT enhanced activities

Mindful learning: 101 proven strategies for student and teacher success written by Linda and Bruce Campbell (2008)

4 Activities = One ICT-enabled Activity

4 out of 15 Activities

The Known The Unknown

What I know What I Think I know

What I want or need to know

What I know What I want to know

What I learned

Graphic organiser

popplet - graphical collaboration Nature:Free on-line ICT tool

Purpose: Immediate feedback Foster collaboration

Advantages:Quick to set upSimple to use Easy to cooperate

POPPLET – CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATIONRule Setting: Participation AppropriatenessRespect (courtesies) Timing is KINGQuestions to be answered promptly

POPPLET – LIMITATIONS

Tool-specific Issues

Lack of central control

Lack of auto colour scheme for popplets

Lack of time to read and respond to all

popplets

Benefits of ICT tools

Students’ engagement

Real-time

Interactive

Full participation

Possible implementation problems

No significant result improvement – (Nelson & Hill,

2010)

Elicitation and reinforcement of incorrect prior

knowledge – (van Loon, de Bruin, van Gog & van

Merriënboer, 2012)

Absence of uniform knowledge

Time taken to teach the usage of the ICT tools

Technical glitches

Classroom management

Students’ ability to relate, reflect and revise

Possible implementation problems

References

Campbell, B., & Campbell, L. M. (2008). Mindful learning: 101 proven strategies

for student and teacher success. (2nd ed., pp. 7-27). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Nelson, A., & Hill, J. L. (2010). New technology, new pedagogy? employing video

podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems.Environmental

Education Research, 17(3), 393-408. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2010.545873

van Loon, M. H., de Bruin, A. B. H., van Gog, T., & van Merriënboer, J. J. G. V.

(2012). Activation of inaccurate prior knowledge affects primary-school students’

metacognitive judgments and calibration.Learning and Instruction, 24, 15-25. doi:

10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.08.005

References

http://ecl.lst.nie.edu.sg/lstelearn/Jan2013ICT/dimensionso

fmeaningful/engaged-prior.php

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/7191_campbell_ch_1.

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