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Theories and Factors That Affect Student Learning

Analyzing Student Learners
Factors Description Advantage Constraint Ideas to address pertinent characteristics
Age/Academic Range 5th grade
yes
no
 The students will be responsible for the same objective/TEK.
Sex Distribution M/F
yes
no
 Pair genders together in order to keep students on task.
Racial Ethic Diversity Mainly caucasian
no
yes
 The students will be grouped with other ethnicities.
Educational Level 5th grade
yes
no
 The majority of the students will be at the same level. Students will be grouped with ability in mind in order to allow each student the opportunity to succeed.
Disability or Impairment Not at this time
yes
no
 There are no students require any assistive technology, but if a student is placed in the class that does require assistive technology, it will be available to them.
Developmentally Appropriate yes
yes
no
 The students knowledge will be used to gain a deeper understanding.
prerequisite Knowledge power point Main Idea
yes
no
 The lesson will require knowledge of power point and main idea. The students will take this knowledge to their groups to create a power point presentation about the main idea of a short story.
Related Experience Power point
yes
no
 The students will take this knowledge to their groups to create a power point presentation about the main idea of a short story.
Perception of Role of Student Willing yes no By using Power Point, the students will be more interested in the lesson and therefore have fun while retaining and gaining a better understanding of main idea.
Competitiveness Students are by nature no yes The cooperative groups being grouped by gender and ability will
Bryan Fuqua
2005 MTTC