The Dynamic Duo --
The Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos
on the Texas High Plains Brazos River Watershed

LEARNING FOR USE - EXPEDITING LEARNING

• Home

• Terminology

• Introduction

• The Big Picture

• Our Brazos River

• Our Topography

• Our Hydrology

• Conservation

• Science Spectrum

• Extensions

 

LfU -- Learning for Use is a strategy that can be implemented in instruction to develop learning through authentic science.  The LfU modal consists of 3 basic parts -- Motivation, Knowledge Construction, and Knowledge Organization.

• What is LfU?
• LfU as a learning theory
• Developing curriculum through the LfU model
• Using Research on Learning to Guide the Integration of Laboratory Activities into Curriculum
• Connecting classrooms to real-world GIS-based watershed investigations
• Systemic Decisions

Start the learning process with the suggested activities of motivation, stakeholders, constraints, and considerations.  After doing these initial activities, the knowledge construction can begin.

The learner should understand, "What do I need to learn to know more about this?"  (knowledge construction) 

• Pretest

• Motivation

• Generating Motivational Scenarios

• Who are the stakeholders?

• What are the constraints?

• What are the considerations?

• What are the consequences of each decision?

• Case Studies

Notes for the Teacher

Learnning -for-Use:  A Framework for the Design of Technology-Supported Inquiry Activities -- Edelson

Engineering Pedagogical Reform:  A Case Study of Technology-Supported Inquiry -- Edelson

Learning to Make Systematic Decisions -- Edelson, Tarnoff, Schwille, Bruozas, and Switzer

Notes for the Learner

Credits

This material may be used for educational purposes.  Please contact Marcia Talkmitt with any intent to use or revise.