Indicator V.A.3 Learners are actively engaged and/or involved in developing principles, rules and/or generalizations.
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Definition(s) and/or Explanation(s) Actively Engaged:
Involved:
Principles, rules, and/or generalizations:
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Classroom Examples Elementary During a science lesson on animals, learners gain insight through the use of slides, puzzles, and magazine pictures to compare and contrast different types of animals. Learners then focus on mammals bearing live young and engage in teacher-directed class discussion for deeper understanding. Through examples and non-examples of which animals are mammals, learners are able to make generalizations. New Elementary In a creative writing class, learners discuss why rules are necessary in order to have a peaceful and harmonious co-existence among everyone in the classroom. A discussion ensues concerning the consequences of the absence of rules. Secondary In a family and consumer sciences (home economics) class, learners work on an interdisciplinary unit relating prior knowledge on the mathematical concepts of multiplication, addition, and subtraction to a shopping budget. Learners are given various responsibilities in a mock household with a limited budget and will brainstorm and subsequently arrive at the principle that bankruptcy is the general outcome of poor money management. New Elementary and Secondary In a music class, learners study the rules of creating a rhyme pattern. Learners work in groups of four to find popular songs which they know well. They listen to the songs and record the rhyme pattern. Learners then share rhyme patterns on the board. Learners make generalizations and identify any rules for rhyming.
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