MISM+sample+descriptions

Create your own hybrid instructional model. This model should guide discussions about what good instruction looks like in our district. Choose elements from three programs you like the most, and add anything you think is missing. “The Methacton Instructional Strategies Model” The MISM is a continuous improvement model designed to assist you in using exemplary practices to increase learning and achievement. Just as the name may imply, these strategies should be about fostering learning in the classroom with proven strategies developed by teachers (YOU)! // (as quoted in LFS Introduction)  // This is an approach to curriculum and instruction designed to engage students in inquiry, promote transfer of learning, provide a conceptual framework for helping students make sense of discrete facts and skills, and uncover the big ideas of content. // (as quoted in UbD Introduction)  // The MISM is a comprehensive model that uses what researchers and theorists know about learning to __define the learning process__. It will help you to maintain a focus on learning, study the learning process, and plan curriculum, instruction, and assessment that takes into account critical aspects of learning. // (as quoted in DOL Introduction)  // In an effective lesson/classroom… · How does curriculum inform instruction? · What does the teacher do during the lesson? · How does today’s activity connect to the last and the next? · What does the classroom environment look like? · How/when does assessment occur? · What kind of assessment exists?