When I first started reading about the MOST model of learning environments, I got a little excited about the fact that we finally have a learning model that caters to the less-than-stellar student. I’ve always viewed many learning models/theories as trying to boil learning down to its most elemental steps, but there don’t seem to be many that find a way to make learning in the classroom as much fun for the struggling student as for the academically confident one.
I’m also pretty excited about putting the MOST model to the test in my upcoming module. It is perfect for students learning Spanish in my classes, since 2nd language acquisition mimics the way in which we learned our first language. I find that I always have students in my classes who are far behind others, and this gives me a way to level the playing field for a while and allow all students to succeed at the same assignment and (hopefully) get the same thing out of it.
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Paul,
ReplyDeleteThis particular model excited me also. I love technology and it is effective when teaching literacy. I have used everything from speech recognition to using the Promethean board to teach vocabulary and my students love it and most of all they learn from it.
I too thought this would be a good model for teaching language because you can model for the students associating vocabulary with images rather than a one to one correspondence with their native language. I find that when fluency is the end goal, it's inefficient to translate from your native language to the target language and it's better to learn things in the target language outright - do you agree?
ReplyDeleteHi Paul. I'll look forward to seeing how you apply this approach for our Module 3 assignment. While I see great value in the approach, I had a hard time getting my head around how to apply it. It seems pretty compicated. But I can definitely see where it would be great for your subject area.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right... foreign language would be a great application for MOST environments. While they were designed to improve learning for at-risk students, do you think that they would be applicable to every student in a foreign language environment?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with module3, I look forward to checking it out. I was not able to figure out a good fit for my curriculum, but I think your subject area would work well.
ReplyDeleteKaren Hughes