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Factors that may impact learner-centered instruction By analyzing the student learner we have a way to identify the learner characteristics that will likely impact the learning process and outcomes.
Factor	Description	Advantage or Constraint		Initial Ideas for Maximizing Positive Factors or Minimizing Negative Factors
Age / Academic Range	12-13	.	-	Will need to allot enough time in the lab and for research.
Sex Distribution	15 boys and 10 girls	+	.	Boys and girls differ on emotions so boys may not see the significance of the lesson. May need to talk about the importance of understanding family backgrounds and why it is important to understand others.
Racial, Ethnic Diversity	African American, Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic	+	.	The differences in racial diversity will be helpful for the students in understanding different cultures.
Education Level	6th Grade	+	.	Provide the students with examples of a family tree.
Disability or Impairment	vision impaired	.	-	Sitting at the front of the room, enlarge the display on the computer, use colored overlays.
Developmentally Appropriate	consistent with age	+	.	Students have read many novels by this time and have an understanding that there is differences between them and other students. The assignment is based on the TEKS and is age appropriate.
Prerequisite Knowledge	Must of read the novel. Computer skill with internet research and word processing.	+	.	The teacher will connect prior learning and examples. Students already know how to use the work processor and the internet for searching. They will need help i in construction of the family tree. Depending on the software that will be used.
Related Experience	Interviewing skills, using the computers in the lab.	+	.	The teacher will provide examples and connect to prior learning. The teacher will demonstrate how to create the family tree.
Perception of Role as Student	Willingness to learn	+	.	The project requires the students to interview family member and then to create a family tree using the information that they have gained from the interviews.
Motivation for Learning	Exited about learning about their family history	+	.	Students enjoy learning about themselves and their families. Letting the students guide who they will interview will keep them engaged in the learning.
Attitude Toward Subject	Excited	+	.	Students love finding out about themselves and their families. They love using the computers and being created. This project allows for a lot of student individuality
Expectations from Course	Students will learn to value diversity in themselves and classmates	+	.	In the process of finding out about their own family history students will learn about how other families are and appreciate their differences and realize how much they are all alike.
Competitiveness	none	.	.	.
Environmental factors that will may impact the learner-centered instruction Analyzing the environment is a means to identify the (a)the process of the design and production, (b)implementation, and (c)outcomes of the learning experience.
Design and Production Factors:
Factors	Description	Advantage or Constraint		Initial Ideas for Maximizing Positive Factors or Minimizing Negative Factors
Budget available	na	.	.	.
Material Required	Instructions for creating the family tree and interviewing questions	+	.	Teacher will use a family tree that she has created as an example for the students to review.
Production Equipment Available	computers and software	+	.	Teacher will make sure and reserve the lab for the amount of time required for the research and creation of the family tree.
Time for Design & Production	2-3 weeks	+	.	Students will read the novel first. After reading of the novel students will interview family members. They will then go into the lab to do their research and as a culmination activity they will create the family tree.
Department Technology Requirements	Aup signed by students parents	+	.	Teacher will make sure that all students have completed this form.
Implementation Factors
Factors	Description	Advantage or Constraint		initial Ideas for Maximizing Positive Factors or Minimizing Negative Factors
Class size	25	.	-	Make sure that there are enough PC's in the lab.
Class period Length	90 minutes	+	.
Location Seating Arrangement	Classroom and PC lab	+	.	Arrange room for all students to see the PC.
Lighting	na	.	.
Temperature	na	.	.
Noise	Close door to hallway	.	.	There may be a higher than normal noise level in the lab due to students helping each other.
Equipment	Schedule lab	.	.	Use LoCalendar to sign up for the lab
Technology Support	na	.	.	I will be there to help the teacher with all of the technology issues.
Outcome Factors
State Requirements	TEKS, TA TEKS for grade 6	+	.	Lesson addresses grade level TEKS as well as the appropriate TA TEKS
Employer Needs	Technology integration for increased student learning	+	.	na
Co-worker needs	Support in the integration of technology	.	.	I will help teacher in the development and implementation of the lesson
Student needs	Learn to use interviewing and internet research skills to create a family tree	.	.	provide instruction and help when needed.
Other Factors
Content Analyzing content is a means to identify in general items the topics to be addressed in our lesson and to analyze these topics in terms of the requisite sub-topic, and degree of learning difficulty.
Main Topic	Sub-Topics	Readiness to Learn	Degree of Learning Difficulty	Possible Instructional Strategies to Reduce or Manage Learning Difficulty
Understand the impact of family marriages, deaths, and births through interviews and internet research on the student's own family..	Students will interview family members for information. Students will use internet search strategies to gain information about different locations that family members originated from Students will create a word processing document on their findings	Students have read the novel and understand how family roots are important and will be able to make the connections to their own families..	Real- Students may not have access to face to face family member for the interview process. Imagined- That their history is not as important as others.	The teacher will bring examples of the products that the students will create. They will have a class discussion on the products and talk about the importance of family. The teacher will demonstrate reasearch skills and brainstorm interviewing questions.
Students will synthesize their finding for a formal presentation.	Enter the inforamtion into a word processing document. Enter inforamtion into a family tree	Students are prepared to create the products	Real-lack of experiene may make it difficult for creation of products Imagined- that no one would be interested in their history	The willingness of the teacher to share her history and other products that have been produced by other students may relive some of the student anxiety.