Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Visualizing Patterns
Quadrant 2
Teacher Strategies/Roles
Teacher role: The instructional leader, teacher.
Manage and deliver concepts.
Relating the parts to the whole.
Overall goals and objectives
Present the facts.
Formulating a significant concept.
Foster understanding at the conceptual level.
Right Mode – Image
Objective: To become aware of things grouped in patterns of 2’s and 3’s.
Activity: Divide students into groups. Each group must recognize or make patterns of 2’s and 3’s by using objects in room or drawing examples.
Evaluation: Student participation in the activity and observation of the students’ examples of patterns.