Every year at my school, KIS International School, students in the IB Middle Years Programme are grouped across grade levels and participate in an event called Design Cycle Challenge (DCC). It lasts for a week and students have to follow the design cycle and apply knowledge and concepts from different academic subjects. I consider this …
Students in the final year of the MYP are required to do their personal projects. The aims of the MYP projects are to encourage and enable students to: participate in a sustained, self-directed inquiry within a global context generate creative new insights and develop deeper understandings through in-depth investigation demonstrate the skills, attitudes and knowledge …
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Objective C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text Objective D: Using language in spoken and/or written form According to the MYP language acquisition guide (2014): Objective C: In the language acquisition classroom, students will have opportunities to develop their communication skills by interacting on a range of topics of personal, local and …
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What do students mean when they say “I understand.”? I often ask students “Do you understand the text?” and they usually answer with a “Yes.” However, when they are asked to explain by giving examples, it is usually challenging for some of them to articulate their thoughts or identify details from the text to support …
Collaborative strategic reading (CSR) can be used before, during and after reading. This reading strategy encourages collaborative learning among students and promote participation for purposeful and meaningful discussions. The aim of this reading strategy is to help students develop confidence and self-monitoring strategies in dealing with the text with unfamiliar language and make connections. How did …
Lately, I’ve read a couple of articles that friends shared on Facebook, describing how iPad has stolen kids’ childhood or their creativity. I disagree with this opinion to a certain extent. iPad is an incredible tool in the classrooms that facilitates students in their learning and thinking process. Let’s first reflect on what and how …