Learning+Tasks

=Overview= > "The most useful forms of representation of those ideas, the most powerful analogies, illustrations, examples, explanations, and demonstrations—in a word, the most useful ways of representing and formulating the subject that make it comprehensible to others. . . . Pedagogical content knowledge also includes an understanding of what makes the learning of specific topics easy or difficult: the conceptions and preconceptions that students of different ages and backgrounds bring with them to the learning of those most frequently taught topics and lessons." (Shulman, 1986, p. 9)

This quote describes **pedagogical content knowledge (PCK)** and one aspect of PCK is knowing what learning tasks to require of students during a lesson.

On this wikipage, you will: > 1. identify the learning tasks in module lessons > 2. use a rubric to guide your thinking >> a. rubric: >> b. place the completed rubric in the dropbox folder you shared with me

Task 1, Identify the learning tasks in a 5th grade module lesson
//**Note**: the 6th grade module lessons are not setup like the K - 5 module lessons, so I am going to use a 5th grade lesson to demonstrate//
 * **Subtract fractions from numbers between 1 and 2** || **Learning Tasks** ||
 * media type="custom" key="28120765" align="center" || 1. In a typical module lesson, there are many learning tasks; I suggest that you focus on the learning tasks required to complete the **Problem Set** in the examples to the left

2. In order to locate a learning task in the problem set, read the problem

3. Problem #1 states: **//For the following problems, draw a picture using the rectangular fraction model and write the answer.//** > a. Use the** rectangular fraction model ** to solve problems > b. Simplify their answer > 4. This learning task is demonstrated in the application problem and concept development sections on p. 3.B.47 - 3.B. 50 ||
 * //Simplify your answer, if possible.//** Students must:

Task 2, Identify the learning tasks in the 3rd grade module lessons

 * **Fractions on a Number Line Lessons** || **Directions** ||
 * media type="custom" key="28121029" || 1. Locate the **problem set** for each lesson displayed in the folder to the left

2. Identify the learning tasks required to complete the problems

3. Copy and Paste the learning tasks into the **Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks** section shown below (consider using an html stripper to clean up the formatting )

4. Locate and copy/paste all the learning tasks for each lesson ||