Links Supporting the IMYM Model
Collaborative Learning
Effective communication and collaboration are essential
to becoming a successful learner. It is primarily through
dialogue and examining different perspectives that students
become knowledgeable, strategic, self-determined, and empathetic.
Moreover, involving students in real-world tasks and linking
new information to prior knowledge requires effective communication
and collaboration among teachers, students, and others.
Indeed, it is through dialogue and interaction that curriculum
outcomes come alive. Collaborative learning affords students
enormous advantages not available from more traditional
instruction because a group--whether it be the whole class
or a learning group within the class--can accomplish meaningful
learning and solve problems better than any individual can
alone.
Better Information Literacy
Project Better summarizes current research about
information literacy instruction, as well as about cognitive
approaches to effective instruction in general. This research
can assist teachers in expanding and refining their repertoire
of teaching strategies and can guide instructional planing
and decision-making. The purpose of the site is to elucidate
how information literacy supports effective learning. Information
literacy outcomes are basic to enabling students to apply
content knowledge to solve problems and to think critically
so that they may live productive, responsible lives.
Better Thinking and Learning
Project Better summarizes current research about
thinking and learning, as well as about cognitive approaches
to effective instruction in general. This research can assist
teachers in expanding and refining their repertoire of teaching
strategies and can guide instructional planning and decision-making.
The purpose of the site is not to prescribe a particular
style of teaching or one "best" method, but to
provide a guide to teachers as they consider their curriculum
objectives, the nature and needs of their students, their
personal style of teaching, and their available instructional
resources. The application of this knowledge can result
in more effective teaching and more powerful learning.
Constructivist Learning and Teaching
Many educators are designing what they refer to as constructivist
learning environments. Descriptions abound of what their
creators refer to as "constructivist" projects,
activities and approaches. How have these projects realized
the transition from constructivist philosophy to practice?
What characteristics do these projects and environments
exhibit? This site considers how these characteristics might
be visualized in a learning environment.
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