Week 7: social, constructivist, and situated views.

1. In elementary I had the chance to to build a mummy with a partner as we learned about Egypt. In college I have done research with a partner and presented it.

2. Yes. I think you learn both academically and socially. A lot of times other in your class may think of something you might have never thought of before and you can learn through that. And you learn communication skills as you work together in a group.

3. The similarities are that in both methods students are going to be able to speak and give their thought on the subject. The difference is that in Instructional conversations students are discussing their ideas during the learning process with their teachers. And Reciprocal questioning is a method of reinforcing new concepts an things the students has already learned.

4. You might use ability grouping for reading, diving the class into, high, average and low levels of readers. Mixed grouping would be more appropriate when doing a project or research. The lower level learners could also contribute to this type of activity and also learn more from the higher level learners in their group.