Post 2: Classroom Learning

As Buehl discusses "the activity" and "the context" to influence the classroom through writing and reading. In giving students a voice in reading and writing through letting them think about the theme and characters of a text. Through reading text in English or documents in History class I can help my students more by guiding through text instead of trying to find the correct answer of a question. Buehl had some good points in having students think for themselves by scaffolding main ideas and eventually letting the students find ideas themselves. When I went to school my teachers had me read the text and then answer questions. It seemed like busy work to me at the time. In classes through college and learning to become a teacher as a student it has been more enjoyable to learn by finding my own thoughts as the professor guides me through the text. With the Core Standards wanting to achieve higher level of thinking can happen through having students dig deeper within a text to find what it means to them. This type of teaching will become more meaningful for students because they are involved in their education. It will also help students to have the ability to make choices through looking at different views before making a choice.