Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id UAA06696; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:50:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:50:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v01540b05b4b37a357fa1@[205.214.163.51]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: eloebl@readingprogram.org (Ellen Loebl) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:810] Classroom anecdote: Resolve Conflict X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: RO Content-Length: 1999 Lines: 38 Hello, I'm Ellen Loebl from the Santa Clara County Library Reading Program. We are primarily a volunteer-based literacy program with 1-1 and small group tutoring. I am one of the few staff members, though, who teaches learners directly in small groups of up to 12 learners; these learners are also in substance abuse programs and tend to be in our program for three to six weeks, on average. I have had great success using the EFF standards with them over the last couple of years. I would like to share a recent success. In my class we read a short story about a boy who had problems controlling his anger, but learned to do so by hammering nails into a fence whenever he was angry. We also read a short newspaper article about a football player who was so angry that he got stuck in a Taco Bell drive-thru window while attempting to assault the Taco Bell employees. My learners read the stories, learned some new vocabulary words and some phonics rules, and engaged in a critical thinking activity about the stories. At the end of the lesson, they used EFF to look at the behavior of the two people in the stories and rated their respective abilities at Resolving Conflict and Negotiating. The learners then rated their own abilities from the time that they joined their substance abuse program and they rated their current abilities to Resolve Conflict and Negotiate. Additionally, they were able to articulate what elements were necessary to Resolve Conflict well and what factors could affect that ability in a negative way. For me and for my learners, this conversation was very important in measuring their progress as lifelong learners and in making the connection from the classroom to what's important in their lives, especially since they were in our literacy class for such a short time. Ellen Loebl Santa Clara County Library Reading Program (408) 293-2326 ext 3070 or (408) 798-7629 (pager) 40 N. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 eloebl@readingprogram.org www.readingprogram.org
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