Design Question Basics

DESIGN QUESTION 2: CHUNKING CONTENT INTO “DIGESTIBLE BITES”

DESIRED EFFECT: STUDENTS PROCESS AND LEARN INFORMATION IN APPROPRIATE CHUNKS

Why Do Students Need Content

Chunked into Digestible Bites?

It relieves their stress of learning new

material.

It allows their brains to actively process

the information.

It is easier for the teacher to determine

which students are struggling with the

content.

Five Strategies for Chunking

Scaffolding—Each chunk logically sets up the next chunk. Interacting—Teacher organizes students to sum-marize the content in the chunk. Response Chaining—Students responds to the answers of other students Pacing—Teacher moves through chunks at an appropriate pace-not too fast and not too slow. Monitoring—Teacher continually checks for student understanding-revisits & reteaches when necessary

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GUIDING QUESTION:

What strategies does Ms. Thomas

use to scaffold understanding?

2 minute video on how to teach your

students how to chunk content when

learning new material