Integrative Model
Integrative Model
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Name: Lori Shrode
2008 Edwin Ellis, All Rights Reserved Published by Makes Sense Strategies, LLC, Northport, AL www.MakesSenseStrategies.com
Date:
IntegrativeModel
11/18/2015
Is about
TheIntegrativeModelpresentsacombinationoffacts,concepts,andgeneralizationsinamatrixorsomeotherformoforganizationthatguide
studentstofindpatternsandcauseeffectrelationshipsintheinformation.
Main idea
Planning
Planningforlessons
includesidentifyingtopics,
specifyingclearlearning
objectives,andthen
preparingdatadisplaysto
helpstudentsreach
objectives.
Thedatadisplayscanbein
theformofmatrices,
graphs,maps,andchartsin
pictorialform.
Main idea
Implementing
Main idea
Adaptingto
DifferentLearning
Environments
Firstphaseisopenended
wherestudentsobserve,
compare,andsearchfor
patterns.
TheIntegrativeModelcan
beusedinyoungerchildren
byusingpicturesforthe
datadisplays.
Inthecasualphase,students
offerexplanationsforthe
similaritiesanddifferences
theyfind.
Pictorialdatadisplaysalso
increaseeffectivenesswith
Englishlanguagelearners.
Inthehypotheticalphase,
studentsponderpossibilities
fordifferentconditions.
Charts,graphs,andmaps
fromtextbookscanbeused
asreadymadedatadisplays.
Main idea
Assessments
Studentsunderstandingcan
beassessedbyhavingthem
makeconclusionsaboutthe
informationfrommatrices
theyhavealreadystudiedor
withnewdatadisplays.
Feedbackforstudents
duringtheprocesscanbea
powerfultoolforincreasing
learning.
Intheclosureand
applicationphase,students
formbroadgeneralizations.
So what? What is important to understand about this?
TheIntegrativeModelhelpsstudentsunderstandorganizedbodiesofknowledge,topicsthatcombinefacts,concepts,
relationshipsbetweenconceptsandtherelationsamongconcepts.Thismethodalsohelpsdevelopcriticalthinking.