Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 1 Text Box: October 9, 2005 Text Box: Geneva Baker Text Box: “How teaching is conducted has a large impact on student’s ability to educate themselves.” (Joyce, 2004) There are five concept of learning that are critical for teachers to recognize in order to become successful educators. Constructivism Student construct new material in their minds. New information has to be fitted into preexisting knowledge. Metacognition Students understand, control and monitor how they learn. Scaffolding Teachers using numerous methods help their students acquire metacognitve control. Text Box: Zone of Proximal Development Creating an objective for students that are just with in reach, “but not beyond their grasp.” (Joyce, 2004) Roles of Expert Performance Students are expected to have tough goals but the learning is easily attained as well as challenging. Text Box: Chapter one: Concepts of learning Text Box: Models of Teaching

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