Week 5 Blog Post

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                                                               What did I learn this week?

    This week, I learned the 5E model and how I can apply it to my instruction in the classroom. The 5E model consists of engaging, exploring, explaining, elaborating, and evaluating. With the 5E model, teachers and students work together to combine students' interests and curiosity and go through certain steps for students to make progress through their educational learning. Below is a summary of the 5 E's and what they mean. 




How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?
In class, we created a diagram that broke down each of the five E's in terms of student vs. Teacher. I can apply what I learned to my future teaching by taking students’ prior knowledge and applying it to the current topic when I am in the engaging section. When I am in the exploring section, I will help my students try new ideas and ask new questions that can further the lesson. During the explaining section, I will introduce new concepts, processes, or skills. It guides learners to develop a deeper understanding of concepts. For my elaborating section, I will have my students apply their learning to new, more innovative problems and broaden their knowledge. Lastly, I will evaluate our lesson by observing students as they apply their new/gained knowledge and evaluate what they know/don’t know by asking open-ended questions. Below is the table my group made during class.

Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?

I can specifically relate to the evaluation phase because I have had multiple experiences with open-ended questions. As a student through K-12, I did not have a lot of experiences with open-ended questions, but when I went to college I have more experience with them. I already knew that open-ended questions do not have a right or wrong answer, but what I learned is that open-ended questions shows the teacher how a student is developing and applying the knowledge they learned. I feel as open-ended questions tells the teacher more about how a student is analyzing the concepts, rather than a right or wrong test. 

Comments

  1. Olivia Katic's Science BlogFebruary 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM

    Hi, Kylie. I really like the images you have included. I also agree with how you would apply what we learned into our future teaching, and I also liked how you related multiple experiences and how open-ended and not open-ended questions affect learning.

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  2. Megan SimonFebruary 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM

    Hi Kylie, I also discussed the 5E model in my blog post for this week. I think it is something that I will definitely use in my classroom as a science educator. I think it is a great model for students to learn from and participate in. I also enjoy how it supports the NGSS. I was able to relate this knowledge to what I already knew. I feel that as a student the 5E model was implemented frequently. My classes were always engaging and hands-on learning, especially in science. Working on experiments were common in my learning.

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