I loved this!!! I used this model as a way to force me to implement and try a couple C.G.I. math problems. C.G.I. is Cognitively Guided Instruction. It is a hands-on problem centered inquiry method of teaching math.
For this lesson I gave the students a word problem, they were to determine what the problem was asking and choose the tools they wanted to use to solve the problem. The students were to draw and/or write how they solved the problem along with the answer. On the first problem the students did very well. I was so impressed to see the different ways that the students approached solving the problem. The second problem was harder, yet some of my students were still able to solve the problem. I was a little disappointed in a couple of my higher students not solving this problem. I felt that they were just being lazy because the problem was harder.
Overall, doing this for my video was really exciting. I finally dove in and tried using C.G.I. in my classroom. The results were really energizing. I am now planning to do a different type of C.G.I. problem in my classroom each Wednesday during our Math block.
Now, if only I can get myself to sit down and put together the videos into a Glover Production!
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That sounds great!! I am excited for you. I do mine monday. I hope it goes as well as yours did. I am still very uncertain as to how to do it.
Well, I did it and have mixed feelings about the Problem-centered Inquiry model. I like it with my older students, but find it really trying for my younger students. The ones that "get it" are really excited, but others get really frustrated. I think with my younger students I need to use smaller problems. Or at least ones with fewer answers.
Sounds like this model worked well for you. You will have to share more on Monday. I think it is a good model, the main thing I was concern with was did the way I did the lesson and activity fit the model correctly. Overall my lesson went well too.
I would like to know more about C.G.I. It might be good to supplement with in my classroom.
It is amazing to me how the higher students do not want to expand their thinking. They are happy to get by knowing the information but don't want to work hard to move ahead.
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