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Experiential Learning - Lesson Plan Ideas

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Experiential Learning - Lesson Plan Ideas and Activities

 

Carl Roger's theory of experiential learning is a good theory to utilize in the classroom.  Since students learn best when they are applying material to life and learning on their own, this theory should be seen in more lesson plans.  The following two ideas for lessons in mathematics follow Roger's theory because they are utilizing discovery learning.  The students are having to recall information, but also the students are prompted to discover the material at hand.  Roger's theory also says that students need to feel comfortable in order to communicate these ideas.  This would also be vital for following two lesson ideas to work.  This means that the teacher needs to control her students in a way that she is not too intimidating but still allows her students some freedom. 

 

1. Let students pair into groups.  Bring three different-sized circles for each pair.  Then have the students measure the circles circumference and diameter.  This may entail reminding students what a diameter and circumference are.  By prompting the students with indirect questions and having them compare these measurements, this will hopefully lead the students to come up with the fact that a circle's circumference is twice the diameter (c=2d).

 

2. Students will pair up.  Let the students make their own triangle's using patty paper and rulers.  Then have them discover the different points of concurrency: centroid, circumcenter, orthocenter, and incenter.  Also, Geometer's Sketchpad works well for students to understand these points.  Lead them through placing the points, but let them make observations about the relationships.

 

These two ideas are examples of utilizing Carl Rogers's theory.  Experiential learning is basically discovery learning, where students are coming up with their own hypotheses that lead to the big concept that is being studied.  The teacher is a facilitator here. 

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