Improving Instructional Design via 5E Model
Jennifer MilerPhD Learning Technology Student
University of North Texas
Constructivist Learning Theory and 5E Model
Prior Knowledge
Integration New Information
New Knowledge
Student Centered
Activities promoting students to THINK like a scientist.
Working Evaluation Model of Student Understanding
“Assessment is a process of determining "what is."
“Evaluation uses information based on the credible evidence generated through assessment to make judgments of relative value.”
Gardiner, L. F. (n.d.). The National Academy for Academic Leadership: Assessment and evaluation in higher education: Some concepts and principles. The National Academy for Academic Leadership. Retrieved from http://www.thenationalacademy.org/readings/assessandeval.html
Engage
Designed to tap into “prior knowledge”
Analogie
s Songs
Visual
Stories
Learning Technology ENGAGES
Explore
Student InteractionResearch: Critical activities to explore variety of
perspectives (Media Literacy)Defend a PerspectiveDebate or Discourse is encouraged
Learning Technologies Promote 21st Century Research and Collaboration
Explain
Interactive DiscussionIntroduce Scientific LanguageAnalog Vs. Target ConceptQuestioning
Learning Technologies Foster Explanation
Elaborate
Give students the freedom to apply their knowledge to give meaning.
Develops creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
Learning Technologies Fostering CREATORS.
Instructional Dilemmas with 5E
Knowing which tools to use and feeling overwhelmed◦Solution: Instructional coaching
Time◦Solution: Start class with engagement
Why do I need to know this? Asking challenging questions
◦Solution: allow for at least some Exploration before Explanation
Instructional Dilemmas with 5E
Students can’t apply knowledge on exam◦Solution: Build exercises that require students to practice Elaboration and apply concepts to new situations
Evaluation shows lack of understanding, too late to correct and change anything◦Solution: Collect form of evaluation evidence
every class period. ◦Reminder evaluation is not assessment.
Effects of Mobile Learning and 5E Learning Cycle
Meaningful use and hands on approaches using technology needed. More research needed in this area.
Recent studies show uses of mobile technologies in an outdoor environment following 5E to guide and motivate students effective.
Natural-Science, outdoor, inquire-based learning facilitated with handheld device lends itself to 5E
Further Research Needed
Best practice scenariosProcedures for using 5E with learning
technologiesDevelopment of meaningful tasks or
applicationsRoles of teacher/students using learning
technologies and 5E instructional model
In times of change, it is the learners that will inherit the earth while the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer
Works Cited
Orgill, M., & Thomas, M. (2007). Analogies and the 5E model. SCIENCE TEACHER-WASHINGTON-. Retrieved from http://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/tst07_074_01_40
Tanner, K. D. (2010). Approaches to Biology Teaching and Learning Order Matters : Using the 5E Model to Align Teaching with How People Learn, 9, 159–164. doi:10.1187/cbe.10
Liu, T., Peng, H., Wu, W., & Lin, M. (2009). The effects of mobile natural-science learning based on the 5E learning cycle: a case study. Educational Technology & Society, 12, 344–358. Retrieved from http://www.ifets.info/download_pdf.php?j_id=45&a_id=1006
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