Question: How can
students reflect on what they have learned?
Answer/Quote: “Thomas V. Chan
of River Elm Elementary School in Winnipeg, Canada, improves his 6th
grade students’ retention of new material with what he calls Lessonthink. Each
of his students has a notebook set aside for Lessonthink. Each Lessonthink
begins on a fresh page with the date of the pertinent lesson in the top right
corner. A Lessonthink always pertains to the lesson immediately preceding it
and consists of a think and writing exercise.”
“Following
a lesson, students are asked to think about what they just experienced and to
write 3 short paragraphs on What did I learn?..... What did I not
understand?.... and How do I feel about the lesson?..... “ p. 125.
Title: “Children
Think about What They Learned.” From “Teaching Children to Think,” by Thomas V.
Chan, Manitoba Teacher, December 1985, pp. 4-5. Reading Teacher (October 1987), 125.
Comment: You might not provide this opportunity to
think about what has been learned with every lesson, but for significant
lessons, it could be well worth while. RayS.
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