MoI Handout

							                      Instructional Models—Teaching Choices to Maximize Student Learning

   Whole Group Instruction—               Small Group Activity—               Small Group Activities—               Small Group Instruction—
  Teacher instructs whole group                  1 activity                      multiple activities                   Some students work
  while students listen/take notes        Teacher facilitates/assists         Teacher facilitates/assists           independently or with other
                                                                                                                  students while teacher instructs
                                                                                                                           small group
                                                                                                                 Some students work

 1                                   2                                   3                                     4 independently or with other
                                                                                                                 students while teacher instructs
                                                                                                                 small group


Good choice includes times when:     Good choice includes times when:    Good choice includes times when:      Good choice includes times when:

Introducing or concluding a topic    Students work on problem solving    Students work on different tasks      Data suggests that some students
or concept                           activity that promotes multiple                                           need to extend learning, some
                                                                         Data suggests that some students      practice learning, and some need
                                     solutions
Making a transition in conceptual                                        need to extend learning, some         targeted remedial instruction
development from concrete to         Students collect and analyze data   practice learning, and some
abstract                             or evidence                         continue work at concrete level

Teacher’s Role:                      Teacher’s Role:                     Teacher’s Role:                       Teacher’s Role:
Deliver content                      Select meaningful task embedded     Select meaningful tasks at level of   Select meaningful tasks at level of
Ask good questions                     with rich questions to promote      student understanding                 student understanding
  to promote student thinking         student thinking                  Set clear expectations for group      Set clear expectations for group
  to determine student level of     Set clear expectations for group      work and outcome                      work and outcome
    understanding                      work and outcome                  Facilitate group thinking with        Teach mini-lesson to remedial
                                     Facilitate group thinking with        scaffolding questions as needed       group
                                       scaffolding questions as needed   Monitor groups to assess level of     Heavily monitor remedial group
                                     Monitor groups to assess student      understanding                         while facilitating and monitoring
                                       level of understanding            Heavily monitor group working at        other groups
                                                                           concrete level                                         Or
                                                                                                               Once remedial group is working,
                                                                                                                 then pull a second small group for
                                                                                                                 targeted instruction
                                   A Progression for Acquiring Instructional Models




                                            Small Group Activity—             Small Group Instruction—
                                                   1 activity                    Some students work
                                            Teacher facilitates/assists       independently or with other
                                                                            students while teacher instructs
                                                                                     small group
                                                                           Some students work
                                                                           independently or with other
 Whole Group Instruction—
                                                                           students while teacher instructs
Teacher instructs whole group
                                                                           small group
while students listen/take notes




                                            Small Group Activities—           Small Group Instruction—
                                               multiple activities               Some students work
                                            Teacher facilitates/assists       independently or with other
                                                                            students while teacher instructs
                                                                                     small group
                                                                           Some students work
                                                                           independently or with other
                                                                           students while teacher instructs
                                                                           small group