Anticipation guides are great for activating prior knowledge; not only do they refresh the student’s memory but it sets the stage for what is to come. These guides can be used as a tool to teach the students how to activate prior knowledge. The good thing about anticipation guides it that it can be used in any subject and it can also be a summary of the lesson. If used correctly, it can be something that the students look back on as a study guide. In my literature class Dr. Boyce, used anticipation guides to introduce a new topic. We would answer the questions and then discuss the questions before she taught the lesson. It kept me alert and interested in the lessons because I wanted to get the answers for the questions that I had answered wrong. It would be great to use in a classroom because it gives the students an opportunity to self-assess themselves and then it gives them a reason to pay attention.
The KWL chart is a good learning strategy as well as a motivational tool. It helps children read with a purpose, when paired with something that interest the students it can be a great learning tool. I like the KWL chart because it is student-centered. The focus of the lesson is on the students, it is centered on what they want to know about a particular subject, during the lesson the students are not sitting around taking notes or twiddling their thumbs but they are listening attentively. Like the anticipation guide the KWL chart can be used in almost every subject; the chart also gives the teacher an idea of what interest the students.
“One powerful reason why some adolescent students are so unmotivated is their continual failure to succeed.” I agree with Conerly, I can remember in grade school, I struggled with math, I never understood it but my grades were good enough to get by. My teachers did not take time to find out why I didn’t understand the concepts that were being taught, the just gave extra credit work so that myself and other students could make a C to pass the class. It wasn’t until my last math class that I received the motivation that I needed to know that I could be successful in math. My algebra II teacher, Mrs. Thigpen, took time out of her planning period and time after school to reteach the math lessons to me. She helped me to see where I was making mistakes and gave me hints and little tricks to solve the problems with ease. After I was able to solve the simpler problems with no trouble I had enough confidence to go on to more complicated problems. I believe that we need to set our students up for success, we need to let them pride when they have grasped a subject. By setting them up for success they begin to build confidence and slowly they stop entering any new learning experience with a mind that they are going to fail.
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I agree and disagree with anticipation guides. First, I agree in the way of students being able to self correct and self monitor their own learning but it doesn't always effectively work that way. Second, I disagree and will use myself as an example, if I don't know with 100% accuracy an answer on an anticipation guide, I won't answer it because I don't want to get confused on the correct answer. I know it seems very simpled minded of me, but once I get something in my head its hard to get out. So, for me personally, I would get to know my students and the way they learn before giving them anticipation guide for any other purposes than fun.
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