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 UAA07782; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:48:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:48:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <55.71a5b97.26758c06@aol.com> 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: Rgspacone@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1066] What an EFF Classroom Looks Like X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 104 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1705 Lines: 36 On 6/9/00, Susan Rowley asked, "How does an EFF, a customer driven or learn generated classroom or program look differently than a regular old student centered one?" I agree that a program is "doing EFF" when it implements the EFF Standards in concert with the other elements of the Content Framework. Granted, programs may provide instruction that: 1.) starts from what adults need to know and be able to do in real life; 2.) integrates skills instruction into work on meaningful projects; and 3.) assesses learning results by looking at the application of those skills in the context of carrying out real life tasks -- but -- using the EFF Standards is critical to the process. Jane Meyer's recent posting about the math standard was a good example of how we can use the EFF Standards [NIFL 4EFF:1055]. What are some other concrete examples to help us define what an EFF classroom looks like? Jane closed her message by saying, "The trick is to spend a little more time planning and assessing what the students know and need/want to know." Are there other tricks we can share here? Thanks, Ronna The EFF web site is located at:<http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/eff.html>. To order free, single copies of the EFF Standards document, call ED Pubs at 1-877-433-7827 and request publication number NIFL EX 0099P. If 877 is not available in your area, call 1-800-872-5327. If you want to use the TTY/TDD line, please call 1-800-437-0833. You can also e mail ED Pubs to request the Standards at <edpubs@inet.ed.gov>. Please request the publication by its number no matter how you order. Ronna Spacone NIFL-4EFF List Facilitator Rgspacone@aol.com Phone: 202.338.2703
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