Gange’s Nine Steps of Instruction are :
1 - Gain attention of the students
2 - Inform Student’s of the Objectives
3 - Stimulate recall of prior knowledge
4 - Present the content
5 - Provide learning guidance
6 - Elicit performance (practice)
7 - Provide Feedback
8 - Assess Performance
9 - Enhance retention and transfer to the job
These are applicable to both the brick and mortar classroom as well as the digital classroom. They may look different though. The brick and mortar classroom will ask students to come to attention at the start of the class, then proceed to highlight the objectives with a teacher traditionally at the head of the class maintaining class obedience and attention. Digital Classrooms, like this one will have a list of objectives, assignments, and videos posted in predetermined locations so that students can review them at will.
As it applies to a K-5 class, students cannot be relied on to self pace themselves through the course. Teachers or other adults must be on hand to aide students in direction and instruction and staying on task. Older students can take on more responsibility to pace themselves. K-5 classrooms may be more successful to share Ganges Steps of Instruction.
Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center (2018). Gange's Nine Events of Instruction. [pdf] Northern Illinois University, pp.1-3. Available at: https://www.niu.edu/facdev/_pdf/guide/learning/gagnes_nine_events_instruction.pdf [Accessed 1 Feb. 2018].
I agree totally with the last paragraph as I started out as an Elementary teacher myself. I think K-5 is a great place to use these Steps and I remember an Assistant Principal early in my career telling me about them. I do think it is little simplistic, but sometimes that is just what the doctor ordered. Any lesson where you are setting the hook, recalling prior knowledge, keeping students engaged, and giving feedback is a solid lesson in my book. Best of Luck and enjoy your week!!
ReplyDeleteUntil this course, I was not familiar with Gange's Nine Events of Instruction. It is interesting that they can be applied to both a traditional classroom and to the online learning environment. You would think at first read, that it would only apply to the standard classroom, but the more you read into it and think about it, they can apply to the online environment as well. The only difference is that students are participating in these events at all different times and at their own pace. Interesting theory!!
ReplyDeleteWhat I enjoyed tremendously with your blog this week was the format! The fact you have both video and script to illustrate the points that you found important to pass along. This presents excellent feedback supporting the strategies of effective instructional techniques. I passed up three other blogs due to various reasons- too long winded, too many copy and pastes, just not engaging... etc. I stopped on yours and listened as well as read it. Thanks for the great illustration of what "to-do" when summarizing a chapter we all read! The bullet format of the nine events was great and your summary was well delivered. Thanks for posting.
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