IP&T 301 Week 5

1.) I am definitely planning to use a variety of teaching methods including role plays, demonstrations, writing activities, media use, etc to keep my students' attention engaged. I also plan to connect new information to what my students already know by assessing their background knowledge and experience. I feel that if I am not presenting information that is meaningful to my students in a way that keeps their attention, then I am not doing my job as a teacher.

2.) Low-road transfer: spontaneous, automatic transfer of highly-practiced skills. If I am baking for the first time and apply my knowledge of measuring a half cup of laundry detergent to measuring out a half cup of flour.
High-road transfer: Purposeful and conscious transfer of knowledge or skills from one situation to another. If I apply the lesson plan format I learned in my education class to preparing my Sunday school lesson in church.

3.) I think high-road transfer is uses most often to connect between subjects. For example, a common transfer occurs between math and science, such as using fractions when measuring chemicals in chemistry or incorporating physics principles like calculating velocity into a math lesson.

4.) I've used an algorithm to figure out the amount of ingredients I should use when I want to make 1 1/2 of a recipe. I've used a heuristic when I want to plan out how many credits I should take each semester to graduate on time.