What is your Center?

Look at your responses. If most of your responses were "a" you are probably more comfortable with a teacher-centered approach. However, if you chose "b" most often you probably prefer a student-centered classroom. If your responses were mixed, determine any patterns in preferences. For example, did you prefer teacher centered activities for older students or are there particular activities that seem to be better suited for one or the other approach?
  
     
 
You’re planning a lesson to teach fifth graders fractions. You prefer to:

a. present fraction facts on the overhead followed by practice worksheets
b. have students use manipulatives to depict fractions
You are planning a lesson to introduce Shakespeare to high school students. You prefer to:

a. have students take turns reading out loud, followed by class discussion
b. have students divide into small groups, read the selection together, and then rewrite in language familiar to them
You are planning a lesson to teach how to calculate area to middle school students. You prefer to:

a. read the text together and have students work problems on the board
b. have groups of students measure the classroom for new carpet and compare their answers
You are planning a lesson to teach interrogatives in your Spanish I class. You prefer to:

a. present the rules and then use a drill and practice exercise to reinforce your lesson
b. divide into teams and play the game "twenty questions"
You are teaching a lesson on cell structure in biology class. You prefer to:

a. use the diagrams in the textbook to illustrate the structures
b. have students use technology to develop graphics which demonstrate cell structure
You are planning a lesson to teach students skills that help them predict outcomes while reading. You prefer to:

a. use the questions that are embedded in the reading selection
b. initially model predicting outcomes while reading the passage and then have students assume the role of teacher and predict outcomes while reading aloud
 
     
   
     
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