Information Processing Family

Project-Based Learning

• Projects that are meaningful and engaging to the students.
• Enables students to think critically and collaborate with one another.
• Students are responsible to research and use prior knowledge to complete project or answer questions.
• Allows students to find their strengths and use them to help their group.

Inquiry Learning

• Uses a concept or a situation that will keep the students engaged.
• Allows for students to explore the concept or situation using prior knowledge or hands-on activities
• Students then collaborate and talk about their understanding of the concept or situation based on their experience.
• Students then evaluate their knowledge after sharing their experience and hearing other experiences.

Socratic Dialogue

• Facilitator poses a question to the group that they all have some knowledge in.
• Students think back on prior knowledge, research, and experience to answer question and listen to others ideas.
• Facilitator poses further questions for students to think about and answer to the group.
• This activity builds critical thinking and further thinking while allowing students to select meaningful information from others and dismiss information that isn't useful.