Implementing Choice Boards with Cooperative Learning to Serve Mixed-Level Elementary School EFL Learners

使用選擇板與合作學習來面對小學英語程度差異的學生

簡靜雯(Chin-Wen Chien)

《臺北市立教育大學學報. 人文社會類》 44卷1期 (2013/05) Pp. 67-87

https://doi.org/10.6336/JUTh/2013.44(1)4

摘要

本文旨在探討一位英語教師使用選擇板與合作學習來面對臺灣小學四年級到六年級英文程度差異的策略。資料包括問卷調查結果、教師省思日記以及學生自我評量表。研究發現學生對於這種選擇板教學策略和合作學習具有正向態度；就活動選擇而言，他們比較偏好用英語相關活動來考他們的夥伴；選擇版的實施應該強調責任制。然而臺灣學生不習慣稱讚夥伴。研究結果對於有效地在臺灣國小英語教室實施提出三項具體建議：第一，融入科技和教學方法於選擇板中；第二，實施彈性分組；第三、重視稱讚夥伴的習慣養成。

關鍵字

選擇板 ； 時鐘夥伴 ； 合作學習 ； 區別化教學 ； 不同程度

並列摘要

This study discusses an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher's implementation of choice boards with cooperative learning as a strategy for achieving differentiated instruction among fourth through sixth graders in a rural elementary school in Taiwan. Its data include student responses to a questionnaire, the teacher's reflective journal, and student self-evaluation forms. It found that students tend to report positive attitudes towards such instructional strategies and cooperative learning. Their reported preferences with regard to testing their partners is thru English related activities. The implementation of choice boards should have an emphasis on student accountability. In general, Taiwanese students showed discomfort with the practice of complimenting. This study provides three suggestions for successfully implementing such a strategy in elementary-school EFL classrooms in Taiwan. These are to (a) integrate technology, other methodologies, or both, (b) adopt flexible grouping, and (c) emphasize the habitual practice of complimenting.

並列關鍵字

choice board ； clock partner ； cooperative learning ； differentiated instruction ； mixed-level

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