Hands+on+Experience


 * __Hands on Experience __**

//“I like to say that these hands-on activities are the engines that drive the S.D.A.I.E. classroom.”// http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:962086147-29029.txt

__Some examples: __ > > > > []
 * “Teachers will explore ways to provide verbal and nonverbal cues to help students understand what it is they want them to accomplish.”
 * “Simple processes like setting a predictable routine, starting certain content by standing in a certain place in a room, ringing a bell to start an activity or simply modeling what is expected are only a few examples.”
 * **“Teachers find a way to engage the learner and encourage participation.” **

    

A good example would be in Social Studies, for instance, in having class draw, trace, or make a clay model of the world to learn geography.

**--** In Math, it may be using erasable sidewalk chalk to draw geometic OR construct figures to determine areas and learn what square feet (or other units) mean as opposed <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">to linear units: that is real-life measuring and constructing and visualizing what a square <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">foot actually is. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**-** It could be done with volume teaching also, grasping three-dimensional concepts, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">learning fractions with manipulatives, for example.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">//In Science//, children could build the solar system

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Teachers using SDAIE techniques supplement the words they use with alternative forms of communication.” // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/sdaie-easy.pdf

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">* Therefore in content areas, like Math activity above for example, it would be easier to introduce the vocabulary “feet, square feet, inches, etc” during hands-on activity.