Sooo...I told the students we were going to do something different. I told them to hold a paper plate on their head so they couldn't see it. I told them shapes to draw with specific color crayons, but I didn't tell them what the outcome should be when we finished. When they finished I asked them if it looked like a jack-o-lantern. Of course, it didn't look anything like a jack-o-lantern. Then we discussed why. 1. They didn't know what we were working toward. 2. Without knowing the goal, they couldn't make a plan. and 3. I took their tools (sight) away from them. THEN we did it a second time: 1. They knew our target was to make a jack-o-lantern with geometric shapes. 2. They could plan how it would look. and 3. I let them use their eyes and a pattern block template for shapes. Quite a difference in the results. NOW that's something we can make connections with in the future.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Experiment in Working Without a Target
Sooo...I told the students we were going to do something different. I told them to hold a paper plate on their head so they couldn't see it. I told them shapes to draw with specific color crayons, but I didn't tell them what the outcome should be when we finished. When they finished I asked them if it looked like a jack-o-lantern. Of course, it didn't look anything like a jack-o-lantern. Then we discussed why. 1. They didn't know what we were working toward. 2. Without knowing the goal, they couldn't make a plan. and 3. I took their tools (sight) away from them. THEN we did it a second time: 1. They knew our target was to make a jack-o-lantern with geometric shapes. 2. They could plan how it would look. and 3. I let them use their eyes and a pattern block template for shapes. Quite a difference in the results. NOW that's something we can make connections with in the future.
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