Student teams achievement divisions (STAD) is a cooperative learning strategy that provides multi-ability teams with practice in learning concepts and skills.
Lesson plans and reflections
In the fist STAD lesson plan that I found the student teams were suppose to create the best route for an around the world trip. The students were give a list of goals that they had to meet, and they were directed to use the National Geographic website as a resource to create the route. After they created the route, they were asked to share the itineraries that they created but not their route. The other groups were to try and guess the route that their peers used. I like this lesson plan because it clearly states the goals for the students, and it tells what materials are needed. One weakness is the lack of pre-planning procedures. If I were to use this model in my classroom, I would follow the STAD model and give the improvement points. That is where this lesson plan deviated from the model.
The second STAD lesson plan that I found was on missions taken to other planets. The students were split into different groups of 4-5 students and each group was given a list of instructions to follow. Once the groups answered the questions they were asked to give presentations in front of the class on the answers that they came up with. This was suppose to strike up conversation between the different groups. During the presentation the improvement points were to be given. This lesson had many strong points, and not only did it follow the STAD model perfectly, it was a lesson that kept all students engaged in learning the material and thinking critically. One weakness that I found was the fact that each group had a spokesperson that presented the answers. If it were my students I would want more of a group participation for the presentation. I would love to use this lesson plan in my future classroom because of the detailed explanation that was given and because it follows the STAD model. |
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REFLECTION ON IN-CLASS PRESENTATION
Elementary STAD Implementation
- The elementary group taught a math concept at the beginning of the lesson. Then the students then the the students worked together in groups to answer questions with their "eggs". The two student teachers worked well together, and the lesson was engaging for the students. If I were to teach the lesson, I would not give out the manipulativies until later in the lesson because they were very distracting to the students. As with every group there could have been more planning involved. The student teachers used "dojo" point as their improvement points to fulfill the STAD model requirements.