Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.

Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way.

1. Connect: co (with) + nectere (to bind)
Establish a relationship between your learners and the content connecting it to their lives, not telling them how it CONNECTS, but having something actually happen in the classroom that will bring them to make the connection themselves. The experience must encompass the heart of the content.

Objective: To Create an Experience. To enter into the experience, to engage the Self, and to connect personal meaning with experience.

Activity: Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.

Assessment: Engagement, imagination and idea generation of students.